Embracing approximate computing for energy-efficient motion estimation in high efficiency video coding

Walaa El-Harouni, Semeen Rehman, Bharath Srinivas Prabakaran, Akash Kumar, Rehan Hafiz, Muhammad Shafique

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Abstract

Approximate Computing is an emerging paradigm for developing highly energy-efficient computing systems. It leverages the inherent resilience of applications to trade output quality with energy efficiency. In this paper, we present a novel approximate architecture for energy-efficient motion estimation (ME) in high efficiency video coding (HEVC). We synthesized our designs for both ASIC and FPGA design flows. ModelSim gate-level simulations are used for functional and timing verification. We comprehensively analyze the impact of heterogeneous approximation modes on the power/energy-quality tradeoffs for various video sequences. To facilitate reproducible results for comparisons and further research and development, the RTL and behavioral models of approximate SAD architectures and constituting approximate modules are made available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/lpaclib/.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2017 Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1384-1389
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783981537093
DOIs
StatePublished - May 11 2017
Event20th Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2017 - Swisstech, Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: Mar 27 2017Mar 31 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2017 Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2017

Other

Other20th Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2017
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CitySwisstech, Lausanne
Period3/27/173/31/17

Keywords

  • Approximate computing
  • Energy efficiency
  • Hardware accelerator
  • HEVC
  • Motion estimation
  • Video coding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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