Chao Ma
March 9, 2026
Notes on efficient AI systems where model design, compression, and hardware architecture are developed together.
Efficient AI Lecture 1: Introduction Why efficient AI needs both algorithmic compression and hardware specialization: Deep Compression, EIE, MCUNetV3, efficient LMs, and the hardware trends driving co-design.
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Notes on efficient AI systems where model design, compression, and hardware architecture are developed together.
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**[Efficient AI Lecture 1: Introduction](efficient-ai-lecture-01-introduction.qmd)**
Why efficient AI needs both algorithmic compression and hardware specialization: Deep Compression, EIE, MCUNetV3, efficient LMs, and the hardware trends driving co-design.
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