Processing-in-memory (PIM) device for performing a burst multiplication and accumulation (MAC) operation
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorChoung Ki Song
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Abstract
A processing-in-memory (PIM) device includes a command decoder configured to repeatedly output internal multiplication and accumulation (MAC) operation control signals at a predetermined cycle in response to a MAC operation command received from outside the PIM device, a MAC unit configured to perform MAC operations in response to the internal MAC operation control signals, and an address signal generator configured to repeatedly transmit internal address signals designating storage positions of weight data and vector data that are used for the MAC operations to the MAC unit at the predetermined cycle, based on an address signal received from outside the PIM device.
Claims20
A processing-in-memory (PIM) device comprising:
- a command decoder configured to repeatedly output internal multiplication and accumulation (MAC) operation control signals at a predetermined cycle in response to a MAC operation command received from outside the PIM device;
- a MAC unit configured to perform MAC operations in response to the internal MAC operation control signals;
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- an address signal generator configured to repeatedly transmit internal address signals designating storage positions of weight data and vector data that are used for the MAC operations to the MAC unit at the predetermined cycle, based on an address signal received from outside the PIM device.
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