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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Existing approaches and tools for the generation of approximate circuits often
lack generality and are restricted to certain circuit types, approximation techniques,
and quality assurance methods. Moreover, only few tools are publicly available.
This hinders the development and evaluation of new techniques for approximating
circuits and their comparison to previous approaches. In this paper, we first analyze
and classify related approaches and then present CIRCA, our flexible framework
for search-based approximate circuit generation. CIRCA is developed with a focus
on modularity and extensibility. We present the architecture of CIRCA with its
clear separation into stages and functional blocks, report on the current prototype,
and show initial experiments.
author:
- first_name: Linus Matthias
full_name: Witschen, Linus Matthias
id: '49051'
last_name: Witschen
- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Wiersema, Tobias
id: '3118'
last_name: Wiersema
- first_name: Hassan
full_name: Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi, Hassan
id: '61186'
last_name: Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi
- first_name: Muhammad
full_name: Awais, Muhammad
id: '64665'
last_name: Awais
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-2969
- first_name: Marco
full_name: Platzner, Marco
id: '398'
last_name: Platzner
citation:
ama: 'Witschen LM, Wiersema T, Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi H, Awais M, Platzner M. CIRCA:
Towards a Modular and Extensible Framework for Approximate Circuit Generation.
Third Workshop on Approximate Computing (AxC 2018).'
apa: 'Witschen, L. M., Wiersema, T., Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi, H., Awais, M., &
Platzner, M. (n.d.). CIRCA: Towards a Modular and Extensible Framework for Approximate
Circuit Generation. Third Workshop on Approximate Computing (AxC 2018).'
bibtex: '@article{Witschen_Wiersema_Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi_Awais_Platzner, title={CIRCA:
Towards a Modular and Extensible Framework for Approximate Circuit Generation},
journal={Third Workshop on Approximate Computing (AxC 2018)}, author={Witschen,
Linus Matthias and Wiersema, Tobias and Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi, Hassan and Awais,
Muhammad and Platzner, Marco} }'
chicago: 'Witschen, Linus Matthias, Tobias Wiersema, Hassan Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi,
Muhammad Awais, and Marco Platzner. “CIRCA: Towards a Modular and Extensible Framework
for Approximate Circuit Generation.” Third Workshop on Approximate Computing
(AxC 2018), n.d.'
ieee: 'L. M. Witschen, T. Wiersema, H. Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi, M. Awais, and M. Platzner,
“CIRCA: Towards a Modular and Extensible Framework for Approximate Circuit Generation,”
Third Workshop on Approximate Computing (AxC 2018). .'
mla: 'Witschen, Linus Matthias, et al. “CIRCA: Towards a Modular and Extensible
Framework for Approximate Circuit Generation.” Third Workshop on Approximate
Computing (AxC 2018).'
short: L.M. Witschen, T. Wiersema, H. Ghasemzadeh Mohammadi, M. Awais, M. Platzner,
Third Workshop on Approximate Computing (AxC 2018) (n.d.).
date_created: 2018-07-20T14:10:46Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:59:26Z
ddc:
- '000'
department:
- _id: '78'
file:
- access_level: closed
content_type: application/pdf
creator: tobias82
date_created: 2018-07-20T14:13:31Z
date_updated: 2018-07-20T14:13:31Z
file_id: '3587'
file_name: WitschenWMAP2018.pdf
file_size: 285348
relation: main_file
success: 1
file_date_updated: 2018-07-20T14:13:31Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
keyword:
- Approximate Computing
- Framework
- Pareto Front
- Accuracy
language:
- iso: eng
page: '6'
project:
- _id: '12'
name: SFB 901 - Subproject B4
- _id: '1'
name: SFB 901
- _id: '3'
name: SFB 901 - Project Area B
- _id: '52'
name: Computing Resources Provided by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing
publication: Third Workshop on Approximate Computing (AxC 2018)
publication_status: accepted
status: public
title: 'CIRCA: Towards a Modular and Extensible Framework for Approximate Circuit
Generation'
type: preprint
user_id: '49051'
year: '2018'
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