FAST
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- University of Cambridge
- Organisation type
- Academia
- Country
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Published
- 7 May 2006
- Authors
- Edward Rosten and Tom Drummond
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Video
- Task
- Corner detection
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Training data
- tokens
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Why it is tracked
- Highly cited
- Record confidence
- Unknown
- Citations
- 5,419
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Machine Learning for High-Speed Corner Detection
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
Background
FAST was published by University of Cambridge, in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in May 2006. The organisation is categorised as academia.
It works in Video, and is recorded as doing corner detection.
This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.
What went into building it
It is tracked in the underlying dataset for one reason in particular: highly cited.
Answers
FAST — common questions
Who created FAST?
FAST was published by University of Cambridge, based in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, categorised as academia.
When was FAST released?
FAST was published in May 2006. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
What is FAST used for?
FAST works in Video, and is recorded as handling corner detection. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.
What GPU do I need to run FAST?
None. FAST is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Is FAST open source?
The licensing for FAST was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.
How many parameters does FAST have?
No parameter count has been published for FAST, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
The other direction
Looking at it from the other side?
This page starts from the model. If you already own a card and want to know everything it will run, start from the hardware instead.