Systolic Array Design for Efficient FPGA Implementation of CNN Accelerators: Power and Area Optimizations
G Sakthi, Abhishek Narayan Tripathi · 2025
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are widely used in image processing, object detection, and other machine learning applications due to their ability to extract features from data effectively. However, the high computational and memory demands of CNNs pose significant challenges for real-time ap plications, especially in resource constrained environments such as edge devices where power consumption is a critical factor. This project proposes the design and implementation of a power efficient heterogeneous systolic array architecture integrated with low-power techniques to accelerate CNN operations. The design aims to optimize resource utilization and throughput while reducing power consumption. By leveraging specialized processing elements (PEs) and efficient dataflow methods, the proposed architecture seeks to achieve substantial improvements in power efficiency and performance compared to traditional systolic arrays.