Parallel stochastic computing architecture for computationally intensive applications

J Kim, WS Jeong, Y Jeong, SE Lee - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stochastic computing requires random number generators to generate stochastic
sequences that represent probability values. In the case of an 8-bit operation, a 256-bit …

High Reliable and Accurate Stochastic Computing-based Artificial Neural Network Architecture Design

KCJ Chen, WR Syu - 2024 IEEE International Symposium on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hardware reliability has emerged as a paramount consideration in the modern Artificial
Neural Network (ANN) design in recent years. The un-reliable ANN leads to un-trustable …

Survey of Stochastic Number Generators and Optimizing Techniques

P Nahar, P Khandekar, M Deshmukh… - Intelligent Systems and …, 2023 - Springer
Stochastic computing (SC) is an error-tolerant computing technique where computation
takes place on randomized statistical bit streams. The main feature is that standard digital …

A Reduced Hardware SNG for Stochastic Computing

C López-Magaña, J Rivera, S Ortega-Cisneros… - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Stochastic Computing (SC) is an alternative way of computing with binary weighted words
that can significantly reduce hardware resources. This technique relies on transforming …

Stochastic number generators with minimum probability conversion circuits

C Collinsworth, SA Salehi - 2021 IEEE Computer Society …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A stochastic number generator (SNG) is used to convert binary radix encoded numbers to bit-
streams in stochastic computing. An SNG consists of two components: a random number …

Multiplexer-majority chains: Managing correlation and cost in stochastic number generation

T Baker, O Hoffend, J Hayes - Proceedings of the 17th ACM International …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
High-cost stochastic number generators (SNGs) are the main source of stochastic numbers
(SNs) in stochastic computing. Interacting SNs must usually be uncorrelated for satisfactory …

A Brief Survey on Randomizer Design and Optimization for Efficient Stochastic Computing

K Zhong, J Wang, L Chen, P Wang… - … Test Conference in …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Stochastic computing (SC) is a promising computing paradigm for circuit design in the post-
Moore era. It encodes data through stochastic bit streams (SBSs) and employs a randomizer …

A Statistical Approach to Stochastic Computing Design and Analysis

T Baker - 2023 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Stochastic computing (SC) is an unconventional computing style that uses probabilistic
bitstreams to implement algorithms like those for machine learning, digital filtering, and …

[PDF][PDF] Hardware Optimization of Stochastic Computing

石川遼太 - 2021 - waseda.repo.nii.ac.jp
The number of hardware devices used in our everyday lives has been growing rapidly. For
example, most people in the whole world owns a smartphone, very large amount of money …