An Energy-Efficient Imprecise Adder with a Lower-part Constant Approximation

Hyoju Seo, Yoon Seok Yang, Yongtae Kim

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel approximate adder that significantly reduces power and energy consumption by leveraging a lower-part constant scheme. When implemented with a 32-nm CMOS technology, the proposed adder reduces area, power, power-delay product, energy-delay product, and area-delay product, respectively, of 43%, 49%, 76%, 89%, and 73% compared to the ripple carry adder that is a traditional precise adder. Also, we demonstrate that our adder design can remarkably reduce power and energy consumption of digital image processing applications while obtaining an acceptable output image quality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - International SoC Design Conference, ISOCC 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages143-144
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728183312
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2020
Event17th International System-on-Chip Design Conference, ISOCC 2020 - Yeosu, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 21 Oct 202024 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - International SoC Design Conference, ISOCC 2020

Conference

Conference17th International System-on-Chip Design Conference, ISOCC 2020
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityYeosu
Period21/10/2024/10/20

Keywords

  • approximate adder
  • approximate computing
  • energy efficiency
  • error tolerant adder
  • imprecise adder
  • low power

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