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US 10,854,247 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods to selectively perform logical operations
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsDaniel B. Penney, Harish N. Venkata
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to selectively performing logical operations. An example apparatus comprises sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier and a compute component. A controller is coupled to sensing circuitry and is configured to cause storing of an indication of whether a logical operation is to be selectively performed between an operand stored in the sensing circuitry and an operand stored in the sense amplifier.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- sensing circuitry storing operands for use in performance of a logical operation;
- and
- selection circuitry including a storage location configured to store a mask value corresponding to whether the logical operation is to be performed using operands stored by the sensing circuitry, wherein the selection circuitry is configured to be selectively disabled responsive to the mask value.
An apparatus, comprising:
- selection circuitry;
- an accumulator coupled to the selection circuitry;
- a storage location coupled to the accumulator and the selection circuitry;
- and
- a controller configured to control the selection circuitry, the accumulator and the storage location, wherein the controller is configured to cause a mask value, the mask value corresponding to whether a logical operation is to be performed using operands stored by the selection circuitry or the accumulator, or both, to be stored in the storage location, and wherein the selection circuitry is configured to be selectively disabled responsive to the mask value.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- storing, in a storage location coupled to an accumulator and selection circuitry associated with a memory array, a mask value;
- and
- preventing performance of a logical operation between an operand stored in the accumulator and an operand stored in a sense amplifier coupled to the memory array by selectively disabling the selection circuitry in response to the mask value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.