Proof-carrying Approximate Circuits

L.M. Witschen, T. Wiersema, M. Platzner, IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems 28 (2020) 2084–2088.

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Abstract
Approximate circuits trade-off computational accuracy against improvements in hardware area, delay, or energy consumption. IP core vendors who wish to create such circuits need to convince consumers of the resulting approximation quality. As a solution we propose proof-carrying approximate circuits: The vendor creates an approximate IP core together with a certificate that proves the approximation quality. The proof certificate is bundled with the approximate IP core and sent off to the consumer. The consumer can formally verify the approximation quality of the IP core at a fraction of the typical computational cost for formal verification. In this paper, we first make the case for proof-carrying approximate circuits and then demonstrate the feasibility of the approach by a set of synthesis experiments using an exemplary approximation framework.
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IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems
Volume
28
Issue
9
Page
2084 - 2088
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Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
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Witschen LM, Wiersema T, Platzner M. Proof-carrying Approximate Circuits. IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems. 2020;28(9):2084-2088. doi:10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008061
Witschen, L. M., Wiersema, T., & Platzner, M. (2020). Proof-carrying Approximate Circuits. IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems, 28(9), 2084–2088. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008061
@article{Witschen_Wiersema_Platzner_2020, title={Proof-carrying Approximate Circuits}, volume={28}, DOI={10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008061}, number={9}, journal={IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems}, publisher={IEEE}, author={Witschen, Linus Matthias and Wiersema, Tobias and Platzner, Marco}, year={2020}, pages={2084–2088} }
Witschen, Linus Matthias, Tobias Wiersema, and Marco Platzner. “Proof-Carrying Approximate Circuits.” IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems 28, no. 9 (2020): 2084–88. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008061.
L. M. Witschen, T. Wiersema, and M. Platzner, “Proof-carrying Approximate Circuits,” IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 28, no. 9, pp. 2084–2088, 2020.
Witschen, Linus Matthias, et al. “Proof-Carrying Approximate Circuits.” IEEE Transactions On Very Large Scale Integration Systems, vol. 28, no. 9, IEEE, 2020, pp. 2084–88, doi:10.1109/TVLSI.2020.3008061.

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