Region-level approximate computation reuse for power reduction in multimedia applications

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 119-122

  Cheng, Xueqi ^a   Hsiao, Michael S ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate computation reuse; Critical sequence; Low power design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IMAGE CODING; POWER ELECTRONICS;

APPROXIMATE COMPUTATION REUSE; CRITICAL SEQUENCE; DATA VALUE; LOW-POWER DESIGN;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 28444470229     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1077603.1077635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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