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Deploy useful models on constrained devices
Connect conversion, memory planning, integer execution, streaming state, power, privacy, and updates to a measured on-device quality budget.
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Module 01 advanced
Deploy useful models on constrained devices
Connect conversion, memory planning, integer execution, streaming state, power, privacy, and updates to a measured on-device quality budget.
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Edge device resource and latency profiles
Build an end-to-end latency and memory budget for a named device configuration rather than inferring deployment feasibility from peak arithmetic rates.
27 min - 02
Model conversion and operator coverage
Validate exported semantics and backend assignments, accounting for fallback and partition-boundary costs rather than counting supported operators alone.
27 min - 03
Static shapes and memory planning
Trace tensor lifetimes to reuse arena storage safely, and account for alignment, persistent state, workspace and application buffers beyond the plan.
27 min - 04
Integer inference and device kernels
Connect affine quantization to zero-point correction, accumulator range, bias scaling and the exact kernel contract supported on a target architecture.
27 min - 05
Streaming state and sliding inputs
Preserve sample timing and per-stream state while separating overlapped windows, cached computation, and independent evaluation examples.
27 min - 06
Thermal throttling and sustained throughput
Distinguish a cool-device burst from sustained inference, and measure thermal behavior, backlog, energy and deadlines under a reproducible operating envelope.
27 min - 07
On-device data and privacy boundaries
Map raw inputs, derived features, retained state and telemetry across trust boundaries rather than treating local inference as an automatic privacy guarantee.
27 min - 08
Intermittent connectivity and local fallback
Define useful offline decisions, versioned state and bounded synchronization demand while handling stale information and ambiguous remote outcomes.
27 min - 09
Secure edge model updates
Authenticate complete model bundles, enforce persistent freshness and compatibility policy, and promote candidates with a power-loss-safe recovery design.
27 min - 10
Edge fleet quality and performance validation
Validate model quality, latency, energy and failure behavior across representative device and workload strata without hiding regressions in a fleet average.
27 min