Approximate computing for efficient information processing

The gap created due to diminishing benefits from technology scaling on the one hand, and projected growth in computing demand from future workloads on the other, leads to a need for new sources of computing efficiency. Fortunately, the workloads that are driving demand across the computing spectrum also present new opportunities. At the server end, the demand for computing is driven by the need to organize, analyze, interpret, and search through exploding digital data. In mobile devices and deeply embedded systems, the creation and consumption of richer media and the need to interact more naturally and intelligently with users and the environment are trends that drive much of the computing demand.