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NPN-ApproxLib: DNN-Aware Approximate Multiplier Design via NPN Classes

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This paper introduces a methodology, based on Negation-Permutation-Negation (NPN) classes, to explore a reduced number of approximate multipliers based on the error within DNN applications to overcome limitations of previous works.

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