Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks

Hardware-focused book on running deep neural networks efficiently

87.5
Score in best reinforcement learning and edge ML books

Ranked 6 of 10 in best reinforcement learning and edge ML books

A structured guide to hardware and algorithm choices for efficient deep neural network processing, from a 2020 Springer book. It is paid, has no free text, and covers no reinforcement learning.

Best for Hardware for efficient deep neural networks

About Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks

The book has 11 chapters, grouped into an introduction to deep neural networks, the design of hardware for processing them, and the co-design of hardware and algorithms. It is aimed at engineers who build accelerators and at researchers who need to understand the energy and speed costs of models.

The publisher page lists the book as a paid eBook in PDF and as a softcover, and it does not offer open access. The authors are from MIT and NVIDIA Research. The book is more hardware-oriented than the reinforcement learning texts in this list, so it fits readers who run models on constrained chips rather than train them.

Key features

  • Deep neural network accelerators
  • Algorithm and hardware co-design
  • 11 chapters
  • Energy and speed trade-offs

Strengths

  • Covers hardware and algorithm trade-offs together
  • Structured in 11 chapters
  • Written by hardware and efficient computing researchers

Limits

  • Paid, with no free full text on the publisher page
  • Not about reinforcement learning

Where Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks ranks

How Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks compares

ProductScorePriceFormatsLevelFree to read onlineLatest editionMath required
#4Bandit Algorithms88.0FreePDF, PrintAdvancedYes2020, Cambridge University PressHeavy: probability and proofs
#5Fringe Learning: Resource-Efficient RL for Edge ML*79.5One-time purchasePDFAdvancedNoNot stated on the listingModerate: RL basics and embedded systems
#6Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks87.5PaidPDF, PrintAdvancedNo2020, SpringerModerate: linear algebra and digital design
#7Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Algorithms86.0FreePDFAdvancedYesDraft, updated in 2026Heavy: probability and proofs
#8Foundations of Deep Reinforcement Learning85.0PaidPrintIntermediateNo2021, PearsonModerate: probability and neural networks

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Questions about Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks

Is Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks free?
Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks is a paid product (paid). eBook in PDF and softcover from Springer; no free full text.
Which formats is Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks available in?
Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks is offered as PDF, Print.
What is Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks best for?
Hardware for efficient deep neural networks. In our ranking of reinforcement learning and edge ML books it is number 6 of 10 with a score of 87.5.
What are the best alternatives to Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks?
The highest-ranked alternatives on listme.name are Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction, Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Control, TinyML, Bandit Algorithms.

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