Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipeline circuit architecture to provide in-memory computation functionality
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Application No.: US16160952Application Date: 2018-10-15
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Publication No.: US10884957B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Amrita Mathuriya , Sasikanth Manipatruni , Victor W. Lee , Abhishek Sharma , Huseyin E. Sumbul , Gregory Chen , Raghavan Kumar , Phil Knag , Ram Krishnamurthy , Ian Young
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Green, Howard & Mughal LLP
- Main IPC: G06F13/16
- IPC: G06F13/16 ; G06F13/28 ; G06N20/00

Abstract:
Techniques and mechanisms for performing in-memory computations with circuitry having a pipeline architecture. In an embodiment, various stages of a pipeline each include a respective input interface and a respective output interface, distinct from said input interface, to couple to different respective circuitry. These stages each further include a respective array of memory cells and circuitry to perform operations based on data stored by said array. A result of one such in-memory computation may be communicated from one pipeline stage to a respective next pipeline stage for use in further in-memory computations. Control circuitry, interconnect circuitry, configuration circuitry or other logic of the pipeline precludes operation of the pipeline as a monolithic, general-purpose memory device. In other embodiments, stages of the pipeline each provide a different respective layer of a neural network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190057050A1 PIPELINE CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE TO PROVIDE IN-MEMORY COMPUTATION FUNCTIONALITY Public/Granted day:2019-02-21
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