Low-Power Approximate MAC Unit

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In this paper, an approximate multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) unit is introduced.

Abstract

Sacrificing exact calculations to improve digital circuit performance is at the foundation of approximate computing. In this paper, an approximate multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) unit is introduced. The MAC partial product terms are compressed by using simple OR gates as approximate counters; moreover, to further save energy, selected columns of the partial product terms are not formed. A compensation term is introduced in the proposed MAC, to reduce the overall approximation error. A MAC unit, specialized to perform 2D convolution, is designed following the proposed approach and implemented in TSMC 40nm technology in four different configurations. The proposed circuits achieve power savings more than 60%, compared to standard, exact MAC, with tolerable image quality degradation.

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