Apparatuses and methods for performing logical operations using sensing circuitry

An apparatus, comprising:

• an array of memory cells;
• and
• sensing circuitry coupled to the array, and comprising:
• a plurality of sense amplifiers coupled to respective pairs of complementary sense lines;
• and
• a plurality of compute components coupled to the sense amplifiers via respective pairs of pass gates coupled to the respective pairs of complementary sense lines;
• and
• wherein the plurality of compute components comprise respective stages of a shift register into which data values on the respective pairs of complementary sense lines are loaded by enabling the respective pairs of pass gates.

A method, comprising:

• loading a first data value, from a sense amplifier, to a compute component of sensing circuitry coupled to an array of memory cells via a pair of complementary sense lines, wherein the compute component is coupled to the sense amplifier via a pair of pass transistors;
• shifting the first data value, from the compute component, to an adjacent compute component corresponding to an adjacent column of memory cells;
• and
• shifting a second data value, from a different adjacent compute component corresponding to a different adjacent column of memory cells, to the compute component;

A system, comprising:

• a memory device comprising;
• a plurality of columns of memory cells coupled to sensing circuitry comprising respective sense amplifiers and corresponding compute components coupled to respective complementary sense line pairs;
• and
• a controller configured to operate the plurality of compute components as a loadable shift register by:
• causing loading of data values into respective compute components via control signals provided to gates of respective pass transistor pairs coupling the respective sense amplifiers and corresponding compute components;
• causing shifting of the loaded data values to at least one of an adjacent compute component in a first direction and an adjacent compute component in a second direction.