A priority-based 6T/8T hybrid SRAM architecture for aggressive voltage scaling in video applications

IJ Chang, D Mohapatra, K Roy - IEEE transactions on circuits …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a voltage-scalable and process-variation resilient, hybrid memory architecture,
suitable for use in MPEG-4 video processors such that power dissipation can be traded for …

Ten years of building broken chips: The physics and engineering of inexact computing

K Palem, A Lingamneni - ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Well over a decade ago, many believed that an engine of growth driving the semiconductor
and computing industries---captured nicely by Gordon Moore's remarkable prophecy …

What to do about the end of Moore's law, probably!

K Palem, A Lingamneni - Proceedings of the 49th Annual Design …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Computers process bits of information. A bit can take a value of 0 or 1, and computers
process these bits through some physical mechanism. In the early days of electronic …

Towards recognition of protein function based on its structure using deep convolutional networks

A Tavanaei, AS Maida, A Kaniymattam… - 2016 IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel method for protein function recognition using deep learning.
Recently, deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) demonstrated high performances in …

Containing the nanometer “pandora-box”: Cross-layer design techniques for variation aware low power systems

G Karakonstantis, A Chatterjee… - IEEE Journal on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The demand for richer multimedia services, multifunctional portable devices and high data
rates can only been visioned due to the improvement in semiconductor technology …

A multi-accuracy-level approximate memory architecture based on data significance analysis

Y Chen, X Yang, F Qiao, J Han, Q Wei… - 2016 IEEE Computer …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate memory is a promising technology for emerging recognition, mining and vision
applications. These applications require the processing of large volumes of data to achieve …

Voltage over-scaling: A cross-layer design perspective for energy efficient systems

G Karakonstantis, K Roy - 2011 20th European Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's multi-media electronic era is driven by the increasing demand for small
multifunctional devices able to support diverse services. Unfortunately, the high levels of …

Logic and memory design based on unequal error protection for voltage-scalable, robust and adaptive DSP systems

G Karakonstantis, D Mohapatra, K Roy - Journal of Signal Processing …, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, we propose a system level design approach considering voltage over-scaling
(VOS) that achieves error resiliency using unequal error protection of different computation …

VL-ECC: Variable data-length error correction code for embedded memory in DSP applications

J Park, J Park, S Bhunia - … on Circuits and Systems II: Express …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Increasing process variations coupled with aggressive scaling of cell area and operating
voltage in the quest of higher density and lower power have greatly affected the reliability of …

Reducing SRAM power using fine-grained wordline pulse width control

MH Abu-Rahma, M Anis, MH Abu-Rahma… - … Variation-Tolerant SRAM …, 2013 - Springer
In the previous chapters, we explored how process variations affect memory operation and
how circuit techniques help provide variation tolerance. In this chapter, we look at variation …