Automated Least-Significant Bit Datapath Optimization for FPGAs

  • Authors:
  • Mark L. Chang;Scott Hauck

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Washington, Seattle;University of Washington, Seattle

  • Venue:
  • FCCM '04 Proceedings of the 12th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper we present a method for FPGA datapath precision optimization subject to user-defined area and error constraints. This work builds upon our previous research [Précis: A design-time precision analysis tool] which presented a methodology for optimizing for dynamic range-the most significant bit position. In this work, we present an automated optimization technique for the least-significant bit position of circuit datapaths. We present results describing the effectiveness of our methods on typical signal and image processing kernels.