Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processing-in-memory (PIM) device
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Application No.: US17145923Application Date: 2021-01-11
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Publication No.: US11422804B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Mun Gyu Son , Choung Ki Song
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: William Park & Associates Ltd.
- Priority: KR10-2020-0006902 20200117
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F7/544

Abstract:
A processing-in-memory (PIM) device includes a data storage region and an arithmetic circuit. The data storage region is configured to store first data and second data. The arithmetic circuit includes a multiplier for performing a multiplying calculation of the first data and the second data. The arithmetic circuit is configured to perform a multiplication/accumulation (MAC) arithmetic operation of the first data and the second data. The arithmetic circuit includes a zero-detection circuit configured to disable input of the multiplier and to output zero data including multiple bits having a value of ‘0’ as output data of the multiplier, when all bits included in at least one of the first data and the second data have a value of ‘0’.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210208878A1 PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY(PIM) DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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