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The continued scaling of feature sizes in integrated circuit technology leads to more uncertainty and unreliability in circuit behavior. Maintaining the paradigm of deterministic Boolean computing therefore becomes increasingly challenging. Stochastic computing (SC) processes digital data in the form of long pseudo-random bit-streams denoting probabilities and is therefore less vulnerable to uncertainty. When transient circuit variations are present, SC greatly outperforms classical binary implementations. Under these circumstances, it is impossible for binary systems to achieve arbitrarily low error rates, while SC can still trade-off precision for energy by using longer bit-streams. This makes the technique a valuable alternative to binary logic in emerging technologies with high inherent transient uncertainty. This paper assesses the feasibility of multi-stage SC and discusses energy and accuracy considerations in SC …