“…In this paper, a low complexity multiplier-less DCT approximation is proposed, which is more essential for hardware realization. The derived fast algorithm requires only 12 additions, which is lesser than the number of additions required for any existing DCT approximation [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][29][30][31]. To examine the performance and trade-offs associated with the algorithm, we have coded the proposed as well as the existing algorithms [17,19,[21][22][23][24]26,27] in MATLAB and Verilog HDL, and it is synthesized with Xilinx Virtex 7 XC7V585T-2LFFG1761C device (Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA) [36] and Cadence® RTL Compiler® [37] using UMC 90 nm standard cell library.…”