A-IQ Ready at ARC 2025 in Seville

On the 9th-11th April, 2025, the A-IQ Ready project was represented at the 21st International Symposium on Applied Reconfigurable Computing (ARC 2025), held in Seville, Spain. This prestigious event brought together leading minds in the field of reconfigurable computing, offering a valuable platform for academic exchange, innovation, and collaboration.

At ARC 2025, João Bispo and José Ferreira (INESC TEC) with Juan Gallego (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), presented their latest research poster titled:“Towards Offloading C/C++ Kernels and ONNX Models to CGRAs through MLIR.”This work highlights a cutting-edge approach for enhancing the performance and efficiency of edge AI applications by leveraging Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures (CGRAs).

As edge AI workloads continue to grow, traditional hardware accelerators like GPUs and FPGAs face challenges in scalability and energy efficiency. CGRAs, on the other hand, present a promising alternative—offering a balanced trade-off between performance and energy consumption, making them well-suited for next-generation edge AI systems. The research explores how high-level programming models such as MLIR can be utilized to streamline the offloading process of both conventional C/C++ kernels and ONNX-based neural network models to CGRA platforms.

Beyond the technical contributions, ARC 2025 served as a vibrant hub for researchers and practitioners to connect, exchange ideas, and explore the latest developments in applied reconfigurable computing. This year's symposium was hosted by the Institute of Microelectronics of Seville, with the support of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Seville—adding further depth to this internationally respected event.