Approximate computing: Concepts, architectures, challenges, applications, and future directions

AM Dalloo, AJ Humaidi, AK Al Mhdawi… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The unprecedented progress in computational technologies led to a substantial proliferation
of artificial intelligence applications, notably in the era of big data and IoT devices. In the …

Potential of edge machine learning for instrumentation

AC Therrien, B Gouin-Ferland, MM Rahimifar - Applied optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
New developments in radiation and photonic detectors improve resolution, sensitivity, size,
and rate, all of which contribute to a gigantic increase in the data production rate. Moving …

A hybrid radix-4 and approximate logarithmic multiplier for energy efficient image processing

U Lotrič, R Pilipović, P Bulić - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiplication is an essential image processing operation commonly implemented in
hardware DSP cores. To improve DSP cores' area, speed, or energy efficiency, we can …

An efficient selection-based KNN architecture for smart embedded hardware accelerators

H Younes, A Ibrahim, M Rizk… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
K-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) is an efficient algorithm used in many applications, eg, text
categorization, data mining, and predictive analysis. Despite having a high computational …

Trade-off between accuracy and computational cost with neural architecture search: A novel strategy for tactile sensing design

C Gianoglio, E Ragusa, P Gastaldo… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a neural architecture search to optimize tactile elaboration systems
taking into account the computational cost of the whole pipeline consisting of data …

1-D convolutional neural networks for touch modalities classification

C Gianoglio, E Ragusa, R Zunino… - 2021 28th IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Artificial tactile systems can facilitate the life of people suffering from a loss of the sense of
touch. These systems use sensors and digital, battery-operated embedded units for data …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing Machine Learning Models with Data-level Approximate Computing: The Role of Diverse Sampling, Precision Scaling, Quantization and Feature …

AM Dalloo, AJ Humaidi - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficiency, low-power consumption, and real-time processing in embedded machine
learning implementations are critical, particularly for models deployed in environments with …

[HTML][HTML] FPGA-based ML adaptive accelerator: A partial reconfiguration approach for optimized ML accelerator utilization

A El Bouazzaoui, A Hadjoudja, O Mouhib, N Cherkaoui - Array, 2024 - Elsevier
The relentless increase in data volume and complexity necessitates advancements in
machine learning methodologies that are more adaptable. In response to this challenge, we …

An approximate GEMM unit for energy-efficient object detection

R Pilipović, V Risojević, J Božič, P Bulić, U Lotrič - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Edge computing brings artificial intelligence algorithms and graphics processing units closer
to data sources, making autonomy and energy-efficient processing vital for their design …

Hardware Implementation of Calibration Data Loading in Device Driver for an SPI Peripheral

H Shinozaki, A Yamawaki - Proceedings of the 2024 6th International …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
As the IoT progresses, various SoCs are being developed. If a SoC is in high demand, the
development cost per chip is small, but if the demand is localized, the development cost is …