Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for performing processing-in-memory operations, and related memory devices and systems
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Application No.: US16841222Application Date: 2020-04-06
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Publication No.: US11934824B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Dmitri Yudanov , Sean S. Eilert , Sivagnanam Parthasarathy , Shivasankar Gunasekaran , Ameen D. Akel
- 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: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: G06F9/30
- IPC: G06F9/30 ; G06F7/544

Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for in- or near-memory processing are described. Strings of bits (e.g., vectors) may be fetched and processed in logic of a memory device without involving a separate processing unit. Operations (e.g., arithmetic operations) may be performed on numbers stored in a bit-parallel way during a single sequence of clock cycles. Arithmetic may thus be performed in a single pass as numbers are bits of two or more strings of bits are fetched and without intermediate storage of the numbers. Vectors may be fetched (e.g., identified, transmitted, received) from one or more bit lines. Registers of a memory array may be used to write (e.g., store or temporarily store) results or ancillary bits (e.g., carry bits or carry flags) that facilitate arithmetic operations. Circuitry near, adjacent, or under the memory array may employ XOR or AND (or other) logic to fetch, organize, or operate on the data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210072987A1 METHODS FOR PERFORMING PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY OPERATIONS, AND RELATED MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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