Innovative VLSI Design for High- Energy Efficiency Approximate Reverse Carry Save Adders
The increasing demand for energy-efficient and high-performance computing in modern electronic systems has driven the development of approximate computing techniques. The methodology presents a Innovative VLSI implementation of an Approximate Reverse Carry Save Adder (ARCSA) optimized for applications that accept trade-offs between accuracy, speed, and power consumption. The ARCSA architecture utilizes approximation principles to reduce computational complexity, achieving significant improvements in delay, power dissipation, and hardware area compared to traditional adders The design is implemented using Verilog HDL, with functionality verified through simulation in ModelSim. This ensures that the proposed ARCSA maintains functional correctness while delivering performance improvements. The synthesized design is analyzed further using Xilinx Vivado for FPGA implementation, where performance metrics such as delay, power dissipation, and area utilization are thoroughly evaluated. The results demonstrate that the ARCSA achieves a balanced trade-off between power efficiency and computational performance, offering a compelling solution for low-power, high-speed applications in mobile and embedded systems. This research highlights the potential of approximate computing in achieving significant efficiency gains without compromising system functionality. By leveraging approximation in critical components such as adders, it is possible to design systems that are not only faster and more power-efficient but also capable of handling error-tolerant tasks with greater resource efficiency. The proposed ARCSA architecture stands as a promising candidate for future systems where energy efficiency and performance optimization are paramount.
Authors
- M. Karthick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5293-8856)
- M K Aravind Kumar
- Somasundaram Chandra Kishore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-7606)
- R Poovarasan
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icvadv63329.2025.10961222
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Low-power high-performance VLSI design
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.73