A framework for designing scalable gaussian belief propagation accelerators for use in SLAM
Author(s)
Sharif, O
Bouganis, CS
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Gaussian Belief Propagation (GBP) is an iterative method for factor graph inference that provides an approximate solution to the probability distribution of a system. It has been shown to be a powerful tool in numerous applications including SLAM, where the estimation of the robot's position and the map of the environment is required. State-of-the-art implementations suffer from scalability issues, or exhibit performance degradation when off-chip memory access is required. This paper addresses these challenges using a streaming architecture via a chain of parameterizable Processing Elements (PE) that can be tuned to the problem's characteristics through the use of an optimizer. This work overcomes the limitations of existing GBP implementations achieving 142x-168x performance improvements over an embed-ded CPU for large graphs.
Date Issued
2024-01-01
Date Acceptance
2024-03-01
Citation
Proceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE, 2024, pp.1-2
ISSN
1530-1591
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
1
End Page
2
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE
Copyright Statement
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Source
2024 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE)
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2024-03-25
Finish Date
2024-03-27
Coverage Spatial
Valencia, Spain