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PULSE image compression achieves low-latency CPU decoding via human-LLM collaboration

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Researchers have developed PULSE, a novel image compression method designed for efficient decoding on single-thread CPUs. The system utilizes an ultra-low-complexity neural receiver and an integer linear CDF predictor for efficient bit-exact entropy coding. Through an agentic evolution process involving human-LLM collaboration, PULSE achieves low-latency decoding of a 1080p image in 126 ms on a single CPU thread, with compression performance comparable to established codecs like HM and MS-ILLM after perceptual optimization. AI

IMPACT This development could enable more efficient image compression on resource-constrained devices, potentially impacting mobile applications and edge computing.

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PULSE image compression achieves low-latency CPU decoding via human-LLM collaboration

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhaoyang Jia, Tianyu Zhang, Zihan Zheng, Wenxuan Xie, Jiahao Li, Bin Li, Houqiang Li, Yan Lu ·

    PULSE: Unlocking Practical Image Compression on Single-Thread CPU

    arXiv:2609.18602v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Despite recent progress in learned image compression, existing methods remain computationally expensive on resource-constrained hardware, particularly CPUs. We introduce PULSE, a practical codec that enables (1) low-latency decoding…

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