- Patent Title: Conditional operation in an internal processor of a memory device
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Application No.: US16545907Application Date: 2019-08-20
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Publication No.: US10970247B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Robert Walker
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F15/78 ; G06F9/38

Abstract:
An internal processor of a memory device configured to selectively execute instructions in parallel, for example. One such internal processor includes a plurality of arithmetic logic units (ALUs), each connected to conditional masking logic, and each configured to process conditional instructions. A condition instruction may be received by a sequencer of the memory device. Once the condition instruction is received, the sequencer may enable the conditional masking logic of the ALUs. The sequencer may toggle a signal to the conditional masking logic such that the masking logic masks certain instructions if a condition of the condition instruction has been met, and masks other instructions if the condition has not been met. In one embodiment, each ALU in the internal processor may selectively perform instructions in parallel.
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