Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Memory device and operation method thereof for performing multiply accumulate operation
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Application No.: US17475424Application Date: 2021-09-15
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Publication No.: US12033699B2Publication Date: 2024-07-09
- Inventor: Hang-Ting Lue , Po-Kai Hsu
- Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Main IPC: G11C16/04
- IPC: G11C16/04 ; G06F7/544 ; G11C16/08 ; H03M1/12

Abstract:
A memory device and an operation method thereof are provided. The operation method comprises: in performing a multiply accumulate (MAC) operation, inputting a plurality of inputs into a plurality of memory cells via a plurality of first signal lines; outputting a plurality of cell currents from the memory cells to a plurality of second signal lines based on a plurality of weights of the memory cells; summing the cell currents on each of the second signal lines into a plurality of signal line currents: summing the signal line currents into a global signal line current: and converting the global signal line current into an output, wherein the output represents a MAC operation result of the inputs and the weights.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220246212A1 MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2022-08-04
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