Approximate computing survey, Part I: terminology and software & hardware approximation techniques

V Leon, MA Hanif, G Armeniakos, X Jiao… - ACM Computing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The rapid growth of demanding applications in domains applying multimedia processing
and machine learning has marked a new era for edge and cloud computing. These …

Comparison and extension of approximate 4-2 compressors for low-power approximate multipliers

AGM Strollo, E Napoli, D De Caro… - … on Circuits and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate multipliers attract a large interest in the scientific literature that proposes
several circuits built with approximate 4-2 compressors. Due to the large number of …

Approximate multipliers using static segmentation: Error analysis and improvements

AGM Strollo, E Napoli, D De Caro… - … on Circuits and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate multipliers are used in error-tolerant applications, sacrificing the accuracy of
results to minimize power or delay. In this paper we investigate approximate multipliers …

Approximate recursive multipliers using low power building blocks

E Zacharelos, I Nunziata, G Saggese… - … on Emerging Topics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate computing, frequently used in error tolerant applications, aims to achieve
higher circuit performances by allowing the possibility of inaccurate results, rather than …

AxRMs: Approximate recursive multipliers using high-performance building blocks

H Waris, C Wang, C Xu, W Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recursive multipliers (RMs) have been classified as a class of low-power multipliers
because they provide a wide-range of power-quality configuration options. 2× 2 multipliers …

Low error efficient approximate adders for FPGAs

W Ahmad, B Ayrancioglu, I Hamzaoglu - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a methodology for designing low error efficient approximate
adders for FPGAs. The proposed methodology utilizes FPGA resources efficiently to reduce …

Model-to-circuit cross-approximation for printed machine learning classifiers

G Armeniakos, G Zervakis, D Soudris… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Printed electronics (PEs) promises on-demand fabrication, low nonrecurring engineering
costs, and subcent fabrication costs. It also allows for high customization that would be …

Approximate radix-8 booth multiplier for low power and high speed applications

B Boro, KM Reddy, YBN Kumar, MH Vasantha - Microelectronics Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Approximate computing is an emerging circuit design technique which reduce the energy
consumption with acceptable degradation in accuracy. Three approximate radix-8 Booth …

[HTML][HTML] Area and energy efficient shift and accumulator unit for object detection in IoT applications

A Hazarika, S Poddar, MM Nasralla… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) exhibit significant performance
enhancements in several machine learning tasks such as surveillance, intelligent …

Design of approximate booth squarer for error-tolerant computing

KM Reddy, MH Vasantha, YBN Kumar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To explore the benefits of approximate computing, this article proposes an approximate
partial product generator for squarer (APPGS). Using APPGS, three designs of approximate …