A Hybrid Radix-4 and Approximate Logarithmic Multiplier for Energy Efficient Image Processing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Related Work
3. The Hybrid Radix-4 and Approximate Logarithmic Multiplier
3.1. Exact Radix-4-Based Multiplier
3.2. Approximate Logarithmic Multiplier
3.2.1. Sign Operations
3.2.2. The Binary-to-Logarithm Conversion Stage
3.2.3. The Addition of Logarithms and the Antilogarithm Conversion
3.3. Partial Products Fuser
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Synthesis Results
4.2. Application Case Studies
4.2.1. Image Smoothing
4.2.2. Image Multiplication
4.2.3. Lossy Image Compression
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Multiplier | Group | Energy (fJ) | NMED |
---|---|---|---|
Mitchell [45] | 57.70 | 9.27 | |
ALM–SOA11 [30] | 53.95 | 8.06 | |
Mitchell–trunc8-C1 [32] | logarithmic | 50.05 | 10.56 |
DR–ALM5 [46] | 42.80 | 5.27 | |
ILM–AA [35] | 41.98 | 7.20 | |
TL16–8/4 [29] | 28.70 | 11.84 | |
HLR–BM2 [47] | 107.18 | 0.01 | |
R4ABM2–20 [37] | non-logarithmic | 93.80 | 0.41 |
RAD1024 [39] | 61.50 | 0.44 |
Multiplier | Delay (ns) | Power (µW) | Area (µm2) | PDP (fJ) | NMED (·10−3) | MRED (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exact radix-4 | 1.74 | 69.20 | 1576.58 | 120.41 | 0 | 0 |
HRALM4 | 1.75 | 34.00 | 878.60 | 59.50 | 2.94 | 2.09 |
HRALM3 | 1.70 | 32.40 | 842.42 | 55.08 | 4.28 | 2.98 |
HRALM2 | 1.60 | 30.70 | 815.29 | 49.12 | 7.54 | 5.20 |
Mitchell–trunc8-C1 [32] | 1.43 | 35.00 | 910.25 | 50.05 | 10.56 | 3.46 |
ALM–SOA11 * [30] | 1.47 | 36.70 | 952.01 | 53.95 | 8.06 | 3.33 |
DR–ALM5 [46] | 1.31 | 32.70 | 831.78 | 42.80 | 5.27 | 4.32 |
ILM–AA * [35] | 1.51 | 27.80 | 780.18 | 41.98 | 7.20 | 2.90 |
TL16–8/4 [29] | 1.13 | 25.40 | 702.24 | 28.70 | 11.84 | 3.94 |
AS–ROBA [38] | 1.88 | 69.30 | 1621.80 | 130.30 | 6.90 | 2.93 |
HLR–BM2 [47] | 1.76 | 60.90 | 1312.18 | 107.18 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
RAD1024 [39] | 1.50 | 41.00 | 1008.67 | 61.50 | 0.44 | 0.96 |
LOBO12–12/8 [33] | 1.71 | 36.10 | 904.93 | 61.73 | 1.85 | 2.17 |
Building | Cards | Flowers | Roof | Snails | Wood Game | |||||||
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MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | |
HRALM3 | 1.00 | 41.15 | 1.00 | 41.27 | 1.00 | 41.41 | 1.00 | 41.37 | 1.00 | 41.34 | 1.00 | 41.28 |
Mitchell–trunc8-C1 [32] | 0.99 | 37.55 | 1.00 | 36.53 | 0.99 | 37.91 | 0.99 | 36.89 | 0.99 | 37.91 | 1.00 | 37.64 |
ALM–SOA11 [30] | 0.99 | 39.56 | 0.99 | 39.17 | 0.99 | 39.78 | 0.99 | 39.31 | 0.99 | 39.78 | 0.99 | 39.45 |
DR–ALM5 [46] | 0.97 | 37.92 | 0.98 | 38.49 | 0.98 | 38.56 | 0.99 | 37.35 | 0.97 | 38.21 | 0.98 | 37.80 |
ILM–AA [35] | 0.99 | 39.75 | 1.00 | 39.24 | 0.99 | 40.08 | 1.00 | 40.00 | 0.99 | 40.08 | 1.00 | 40.04 |
TL16–8/4 [29] | 0.98 | 37.44 | 0.98 | 36.55 | 0.99 | 38.02 | 0.99 | 36.22 | 0.98 | 37.52 | 0.98 | 36.35 |
AS–ROBA [38] | 1.00 | 41.50 | 1.00 | 41.45 | 1.00 | 41.30 | 1.00 | 41.37 | 1.00 | 41.53 | 1.00 | 41.67 |
HLR–BM2 [47] | 1.00 | 54.62 | 1.00 | 53.06 | 1.00 | 56.38 | 1.00 | 56.45 | 1.00 | 54.54 | 1.00 | 51.19 |
RAD1024 [39] | 1.00 | 41.66 | 1.00 | 41.67 | 1.00 | 41.67 | 1.00 | 41.67 | 1.00 | 41.66 | 1.00 | 41.67 |
LOBO12–12/8 [33] | 0.99 | 40.69 | 0.99 | 40.42 | 0.99 | 40.99 | 1.00 | 42.55 | 0.99 | 40.67 | 0.99 | 40.38 |
Building | Cards | Flowers | Roof | Snails | Wood Game | |||||||
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MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | |
HRALM3 | 1.00 | 52.93 | 1.00 | 54.91 | 1.00 | 54.07 | 1.00 | 55.48 | 1.00 | 55.03 | 1.00 | 57.42 |
Mitchell–trunc8-C1 [32] | 0.98 | 38.52 | 0.99 | 37.74 | 0.98 | 42.47 | 0.99 | 39.02 | 0.98 | 34.82 | 0.96 | 30.02 |
ALM–SOA11 [30] | 0.99 | 49.66 | 1.00 | 48.11 | 0.99 | 49.49 | 1.00 | 49.69 | 1.00 | 50.31 | 1.00 | 50.72 |
DR–ALM5 [46] | 0.99 | 49.50 | 0.99 | 47.02 | 0.99 | 48.91 | 0.99 | 47.94 | 0.99 | 48.90 | 0.99 | 47.88 |
ILM–AA [35] | 0.99 | 50.76 | 1.00 | 49.23 | 0.99 | 50.75 | 1.00 | 51.30 | 1.00 | 51.62 | 1.00 | 52.43 |
TL16–8/4 [29] | 0.98 | 45.66 | 0.98 | 44.16 | 0.98 | 45.75 | 0.98 | 44.56 | 0.99 | 46.02 | 0.97 | 45.17 |
AS–ROBA [38] | 0.99 | 50.69 | 1.00 | 49.37 | 0.99 | 50.87 | 1.00 | 51.74 | 1.00 | 51.62 | 1.00 | 52.68 |
HLR–BM2 [47] | 1.00 | 58.71 | 1.00 | 57.31 | 1.00 | 58.22 | 1.00 | 58.64 | 1.00 | 58.63 | 1.00 | 57.97 |
RAD1024 [39] | 1.00 | 71.66 | 1.00 | 71.52 | 1.00 | 71.55 | 1.00 | 71.56 | 1.00 | 71.60 | 1.00 | 71.46 |
LOBO12–12/8 [33] | 1.00 | 61.37 | 1.00 | 59.64 | 1.00 | 61.00 | 1.00 | 61.76 | 1.00 | 61.56 | 1.00 | 61.70 |
Building | Cards | Flowers | Roof | Snails | Wood Game | |||||||
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MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | MSSIM | PSNR (dB) | |
HRALM3 | 0.97 | 38.77 | 0.98 | 37.34 | 0.98 | 39.23 | 0.99 | 39.14 | 0.97 | 38.76 | 0.98 | 37.42 |
Mitchell–trunc8-C1 [32] | 0.91 | 33.71 | 0.92 | 32.71 | 0.93 | 33.74 | 0.93 | 32.12 | 0.91 | 34.09 | 0.93 | 34.74 |
ALM–SOA11 [30] | 0.96 | 34.26 | 0.96 | 31.32 | 0.97 | 33.39 | 0.97 | 31.85 | 0.96 | 33.93 | 0.96 | 31.84 |
DR–ALM5 [46] | 0.92 | 31.62 | 0.95 | 28.51 | 0.91 | 30.32 | 0.95 | 29.46 | 0.93 | 30.47 | 0.95 | 28.84 |
ILM–AA [35] | 0.95 | 36.50 | 0.97 | 33.21 | 0.95 | 35.99 | 0.98 | 34.68 | 0.95 | 35.29 | 0.97 | 32.96 |
TL16–8/4 [29] | 0.94 | 36.73 | 0.91 | 33.88 | 0.93 | 34.36 | 0.95 | 34.18 | 0.93 | 36.79 | 0.94 | 35.94 |
AS–ROBA [38] | 0.95 | 36.50 | 0.97 | 33.21 | 0.95 | 35.99 | 0.98 | 34.68 | 0.95 | 35.29 | 0.97 | 32.96 |
HLR–BM2 [47] | 0.99 | 43.36 | 0.99 | 40.47 | 0.99 | 42.58 | 0.99 | 40.96 | 0.99 | 42.48 | 0.99 | 40.45 |
RAD1024 [39] | 1.00 | 52.65 | 1.00 | 50.61 | 1.00 | 51.30 | 1.00 | 51.10 | 1.00 | 52.20 | 1.00 | 51.53 |
LOBO12–12/8 [33] | 0.99 | 46.40 | 0.99 | 43.18 | 0.99 | 44.25 | 0.99 | 44.76 | 0.99 | 46.77 | 0.99 | 47.72 |
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Lotrič, U.; Pilipović, R.; Bulić, P. A Hybrid Radix-4 and Approximate Logarithmic Multiplier for Energy Efficient Image Processing. Electronics 2021, 10, 1175. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/electronics10101175
Lotrič U, Pilipović R, Bulić P. A Hybrid Radix-4 and Approximate Logarithmic Multiplier for Energy Efficient Image Processing. Electronics. 2021; 10(10):1175. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/electronics10101175
Chicago/Turabian StyleLotrič, Uroš, Ratko Pilipović, and Patricio Bulić. 2021. "A Hybrid Radix-4 and Approximate Logarithmic Multiplier for Energy Efficient Image Processing" Electronics 10, no. 10: 1175. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/electronics10101175