An Overview of Time-Based Computing with Stochastic Constructs

M. Hassan Najafi; Shiva Jamali-Zavareh; David J. Lilja; Marc D. Riedel; Kia Bazargan; Ramesh Harjani

doi:10.1109/MM.2017.4241345

An Overview of Time-Based Computing with Stochastic Constructs

M. Hassan Najafi, Shiva Jamali-Zavareh, David J. Lilja, Marc D. Riedel, Kia Bazargan, Ramesh Harjani

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

Computing on time-based data is a recent evolution of research in stochastic computing. As with stochastic computing, complex functions can be computed with remarkably low area cost. Unlike stochastic computing, the latency and energy efficiency are very favorable compared to computations on conventional binary radix. In this article, the authors review and evaluate the design and implementation of arithmetic operations on time-encoded signals, with a particular focus on low power. The advantages, challenges, and potential applications are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	8119711
Pages (from-to)	62-71
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Micro
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MM.2017.4241345
State	Published - Nov 1 2017

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This work was supported in part by National Science Foundation grant no. CCF-1408123. Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

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Keywords

energy-efficient computing
mixed-signal design
pulse width modulation
stochastic computing (SC)
time-based computing
time-encoded values
ultra-low-power processing

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