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Automated Circuit Approximation Method Driven by Data Distribution

VAŠÍČEK, Z.; MRÁZEK, V.; SEKANINA, L. Automated Circuit Approximation Method Driven by Data Distribution. In Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference. Florence: European Design and Automation Association, 2019. p. 96-101. ISBN: 978-3-9819263-2-3.
Czech title
Automatizovaná metoda aproximace obvodů řízená distribucí dat
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Authors
Keywords

digital circuit, approximate circuit, functional approximation, neural network

Abstract

We propose an application-tailored data-driven fully automated method for
functional approximation of combinational circuits. We demonstrate how an
application-level error metric such as the classification accuracy can be
translated to a component-level error metric needed for an efficient and fast
search in the space of approximate low-level components that are used in the
application. This is possible by employing a weighted mean error distance (WMED)
metric for steering the circuit approximation process which is conducted by means
of genetic programming. WMED introduces a set of weights (calculated from the
data distribution measured on a selected signal in a given application)
determining the importance of each input vector for the approximation process.
The method is evaluated using synthetic benchmarks and application-specific
approximate MAC (multiply-and-accumulate) units that are designed to provide the
best trade-offs between the classification accuracy and power consumption of two
image classifiers based on neural networks.

Published
2019
Pages
96–101
Proceedings
Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference
Conference
Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference, Florencie, IT
ISBN
978-3-9819263-2-3
Publisher
European Design and Automation Association
Place
Florence
DOI
UT WoS
000470666100017
EID Scopus
BibTeX
@inproceedings{BUT156843,
  author="Zdeněk {Vašíček} and Vojtěch {Mrázek} and Lukáš {Sekanina}",
  title="Automated Circuit Approximation Method Driven by Data Distribution",
  booktitle="Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference",
  year="2019",
  pages="96--101",
  publisher="European Design and Automation Association",
  address="Florence",
  doi="10.23919/DATE.2019.8714977",
  isbn="978-3-9819263-2-3",
  url="https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/11821/"
}
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