Wen-Tse Chang

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1ranked-venue papers
1as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none

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Systems, architecture and hardware · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021

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Computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, and storage systems
1 paper
Hardware accelerators and domain-specific architectures · 91% Energy-efficient computing · 9%

Topics — the 4 heaviest of 4, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Hardware accelerators and domain-specific architectures
machine learning accelerator
0.912025
P-DAC: Power-Efficient Photonic Accelerators for LLM Inference · DAC 2025
Hardware accelerators and domain-specific architectures
photonic accelerator
0.912025
P-DAC: Power-Efficient Photonic Accelerators for LLM Inference · DAC 2025
Hardware accelerators and domain-specific architectures › machine learning accelerator › transformer accelerator
transformer inference accelerator
0.912025
P-DAC: Power-Efficient Photonic Accelerators for LLM Inference · DAC 2025
Energy-efficient computing
power management
0.312025
P-DAC: Power-Efficient Photonic Accelerators for LLM Inference · DAC 2025

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

optical vector inner product · 0.9digital-to-analog conversion · 0.9
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2025 P-DAC: Power-Efficient Photonic Accelerators for LLM Inference
abstract
As traditional electronic hardware encounters the limitations of Moore’s Law, optical computing is emerging as a promising alternative, delivering high data transmission rates, especially beneficial for big data and AI applications. Photonic accelerators, such as the LighteningTransformer, utilize optical analog signals to accelerate Transformerbased models, achieving exceptional speed and low energy consumption. However, controlling modern optical intensity modulators (e.g., MachZehnder Modulators) requires using electrical analog signals (e.g., voltage values) to adjust the optical signal intensity for realizing optical-based vector inner product calculations. Managing this modulation consumes significant power, as it involves selecting optimal electrical values through an electrical controller and converting digital signals to analog using digital-to-analog converters (DACs). In this work, we introduce P-DAC, a solution designed to reduce DAC power consumption, significantly enhancing the energy efficiency of optical accelerators for Transformer models.
Wen-Tse Chang, Chun-Feng Wu, Yun-Chen Lo
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