GRAU: A Generic Runtime-Reconfigurable Activation-Requantization Unit for Quantized Neural Network Accelerators

arXiv:2602.22352 · cs.AR, cs.AI · Submitted 2026-02-25 · Read on arXiv

cs.AR, cs.AI

Submitted: 2026-02-25

Updated: 2026-10-19

Comments: Accepted by FPT 2026 Special Session

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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