Table 3 Comparison of the simulated 4:2 and 7:2 approximation compressors’ performance with process variations and subthreshold Swing.

From: Energy efficient approximate compressor architectures for high performance image multiplication in CNTFET technology

Proposed

Power (µW)

Mean Power (µW)

Std Dev Power (µW)

Maximum Delay (ps)

Mean Delay (ps)

Std Dev Delay (ps)

Subthreshold Swing (mV/dec)

Std Dev SS (mV/dec)

Total Transistor Count

Quantity of Mistakes

PDP (ns × µW)

Compressor 4:2

0.164

0.170

0.015

21.4

22.1

1.8

130

12

31

1/16

0.0035096

Compressor 7:2

0.873

0.910

0.082

43.2

44.5

3.6

145

15

73

36/128

0.03771

Compressor 4:2 [10]

0.394

0.410

0.037

24.7

25.4

2.1

160

18

42

1/16

0.097

Compressor 5:2 [10]

0.415

0.432

0.039

31.6

32.5

2.6

170

20

64

6/32

0.131

[14]

13.77

14.30

1.29

31.03

32.0

2.8

200

25

50

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0.44397

[38]

53.969

56.10

5.05

41.067

42.3

3.7

220

28

39

3/16

1.3142