HeteroViT: A Versatile Single-Layer Vision Transformer Concept, Co-Designed for Distributed Real-Time Data Reduction on Scientific Detectors (opens in new tab)

Next-generation X-ray detectors generate data faster than any system can affordably store or process. LCLS-II, the upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC, produces data on the order of terabytes per second, with raw-data transfer and storage projected to be prohibitively costly, even though much of the data is not scientifically useful. This concept paper focuses on two major points. The first is versatility: a deliberately tiny, single-...