Hardware approximate techniques for deep neural network accelerators: A survey

G Armeniakos, G Zervakis, D Soudris… - ACM Computing …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are very popular because of their high performance in
various cognitive tasks in Machine Learning (ML). Recent advancements in DNNs have …

Energy efficient edge computing enabled by satisfaction games and approximate computing

N Irtija, I Anagnostopoulos, G Zervakis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we introduce an energy efficient edge computing solution to collaboratively
utilize Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) and Fully Autonomous Aerial Systems (FAAS) to …

Adapt: Fast emulation of approximate dnn accelerators in pytorch

D Danopoulos, G Zervakis, K Siozios… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current state-of-the-art employs approximate multipliers to address the highly increased
power demands of deep neural network (DNN) accelerators. However, evaluating the …

Targeting dnn inference via efficient utilization of heterogeneous precision dnn accelerators

O Spantidi, G Zervakis, S Alsalamin… - … on Emerging Topics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern applications rely more and more on the simultaneous execution of multiple DNNs,
and Heterogeneous DNN Accelerators (HDAs) prevail as a solution to this trend. In this …

Approximate computing and the efficient machine learning expedition

J Henkel, H Li, A Raghunathan, MB Tahoori… - Proceedings of the 41st …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Approximate computing (AxC) has been long accepted as a design alternative for efficient
system implementation at the cost of relaxed accuracy requirements. Despite the AxC …

Positive/negative approximate multipliers for DNN accelerators

O Spantidi, G Zervakis… - 2021 IEEE/ACM …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) manage to deliver superhuman accuracy levels on
many AI tasks. DNN accelerators are becoming integral components of modern systems-on …

Co-design of approximate multilayer perceptron for ultra-resource constrained printed circuits

G Armeniakos, G Zervakis, D Soudris… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Printed Electronics (PE) exhibits on-demand, extremely low-cost hardware due to its additive
manufacturing process, enabling machine learning (ML) applications for domains that …

Adaptable approximate multiplier design based on input distribution and polarity

Z Li, S Zheng, J Zhang, Y Lu, J Gao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Approximate computing is an efficient approach to reduce the design complexity for error-
resilient applications. Multipliers are key arithmetic units in many applications, such as deep …

Hardware-Aware DNN Compression via Diverse Pruning and Mixed-Precision Quantization

K Balaskas, A Karatzas, C Sad… - … on Emerging Topics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have shown significant advantages in a wide variety of
domains. However, DNNs are becoming computationally intensive and energy hungry at an …

Energy-efficient dnn inference on approximate accelerators through formal property exploration

O Spantidi, G Zervakis… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep neural networks (DNNs) are being heavily utilized in modern applications, putting
energy-constraint devices to the test. To bypass high energy consumption issues …