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A Survey on the Green Development of Large Models: From Resource-Efficient Architectures to Hardware-Software Co-Design

Linhui Xiao, Guiping Cao, Mingyue Guo, Xianchao Guan, Fan Yang, Ming Tao, Xin Li, Yuxin Peng, Yaowei Wang

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Published 2026-07-10 · First seen 2026-07-13

Research Track A · General AI

Abstract

The rapid expansion of large-scale AI models has led to significant performance breakthroughs across diverse domains, yet it has also raised critical concerns regarding computational costs, energy consumption, and environmental sustainability. This survey provides a comprehensive overview of the green development of large models, emphasizing resource-efficient architectures and full-stack hardware-software co-design. We systematically review recent advances in efficient model construction, including attention operator optimization, linear-complexity architectures, and model sparsification and merging, as well as training and deployment strategies such as data-efficient learning, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, and computational compression. Beyond algorithmic improvements, we explore energy-efficient AI hardware, including mainstream AI chips, memory optimization, cross-platform deployment, and sustainable infrastructure. Furthermore, we examine how large models are being applied to sustainability-critical domains such as DeepSeek, remote sensing interpretation, national-scale infrastructure, and global initiatives. Finally, we discuss key challenges and future directions, highlighting the need for continual learning paradigms, memory-centric hardware, and standardized evaluation protocols. This survey aims to offer a holistic roadmap toward sustainable, scalable, and socially responsible development of large models. Paper homepage: https://cje.ejournal.org.cn/article/doi/10.23919/cje.2025.00.438

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@article{xiao2026survey,
  title = {A Survey on the Green Development of Large Models: From Resource-Efficient Architectures to Hardware-Software Co-Design},
  author = {Linhui Xiao and Guiping Cao and Mingyue Guo and Xianchao Guan and Fan Yang and Ming Tao and Xin Li and Yuxin Peng and Yaowei Wang},
  year = {2026},
  abstract = {The rapid expansion of large-scale AI models has led to significant performance breakthroughs across diverse domains, yet it has also raised critical concerns regarding computational costs, energy consumption, and environmental sustainability. This survey provides a comprehensive overview of the green development of large models, emphasizing resource-efficient architectures and full-stack hardware-software co-design. We systematically review recent advances in efficient model construction, inclu},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09084},
  keywords = {cs.LG, cs.CY},
  eprint = {2607.09084},
  archiveprefix = {arXiv},
}

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