Approximate arithmetic circuits: A survey, characterization, and recent applications

H Jiang, FJH Santiago, H Mo, L Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate computing has emerged as a new paradigm for high-performance and energy-
efficient design of circuits and systems. For the many approximate arithmetic circuits …

An improved logarithmic multiplier for energy-efficient neural computing

MS Ansari, BF Cockburn, J Han - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiplication is the most resource-hungry operation in neural networks (NNs). Logarithmic
multipliers (LMs) simplify multiplication to shift and addition operations and thus reduce the …

Design exploration of energy-efficient accuracy-configurable dadda multipliers with improved lifetime based on voltage overscaling

H Afzali-Kusha, M Vaeztourshizi… - … Transactions on Very …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates an energy-efficient accuracy-configurable Dadda (X-Dadda)
multiplier. The structure employs the voltage overscaling and approximate width setting as …

Small constant mean-error imprecise adder/multiplier for efficient VLSI implementation of MAC-based applications

MHS Javadi, MH Yalame… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to considerable effectiveness of the imprecise computing paradigm in hardware
implementation of many applications, great attention has been recently paid by many …

Approximation-aware design of an image-based control system

S De, S Mohamed, D Goswami, H Corporaal - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Image-based control (IBC) systems are common in many modern applications. In such
systems, image-based sensing imposes massive compute workload, making them …

A novel low-power compression scheme for systolic array-based deep learning accelerators

A Arunachalam, S Kundu, A Raha… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The proliferation of deep learning algorithms has catalyzed their utilization to solve a
multitude of real-world problems. Algorithms such as deep neural networks (DNNs) are …

Characterizing approximate adders and multipliers for mitigating aging and temperature degradations

FJH Santiago, H Jiang, H Amrouch… - … on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of nanoscale semiconductor technologies has become susceptible to high
temperatures and aging phenomena. While guard-bands have conventionally been used to …

On the design of radix-K approximate multiplier using 2D pseudo-booth encoding

A Towhidy, R Omidi, K Mohammadi - AEU-International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose energy-efficient unsigned approximate multipliers using the
Pseudo-Booth (PB) encoding that are suitable for large dynamic-range operands thanks to …

Approximate Computing in Critical Applications: ECG Arrhythmia Classification

A Najafi, A Najafi, J Müller, W Yu… - … on Modern Circuits …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate computing is a technique which designers are fallen back on considering the
low-power requirements of applications that are resilient to errors. However, the utilization of …

A Design Space Exploration of Power-efficient Gaussian Filter Architectures using Logical Optimization and Approximated Adders

M Monteiro, I Seidel, JL Güntzel, M Grellert… - Journal of Integrated …, 2023 - jics.org.br
A Design Space Exploration of Power-efficient Gaussian Filter Architectures using Logical
Optimization and Approximated Adders Page 1 Journal of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol …