@MASTERSTHESIS\{IMM2012-06391, author = "T. N. Jeppe", title = "Imprecise Arithmetic for Low Power Signal Processing", year = "2012", school = "Technical University of Denmark, {DTU} Informatics, {E-}mail: reception@imm.dtu.dk", address = "Asmussens Alle, Building 305, {DK-}2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark", type = "", note = "Supervised by Associate Professor Alberto Nannarelli, an@imm.dtu.dk, {DTU} Informatics", url = "http://www.imm.dtu.dk/English.aspx", abstract = "This project will investigate imprecise arithmetic operations, which can result in circuits dissipating significant less power at the expense of errors tolerated by many applications in signal and image processing. The project will especially investigate addition and multiplication (the most common operators in signal processing), and the error that imprecise circuits introduce. Different implementation will be considered, evaluating their delay, power, area and error characteristics." }