Apparatus and methods for in data path compute operations

A system, comprising:

• a host configured to generate instructions for performance of an alpha blend graphics operation;
• and
• a memory device coupled to the host, wherein the memory device is configured to receive the instructions and perform the alpha blend graphics operation by:
• a plurality of logic stripes in a data path for in data path compute operations, comprising a first logic stripe including a number of a plurality of first compute components that corresponds to a number of a plurality of memory cells of a first subrow of a row of the array;
• and
• control circuitry configured to direct execution of the instructions by:
• movement of a first data value from a first subrow of a first row of the array, via an input/output (I/O) line shared in the data path, to a first compute component of a first logic stripe in the data path;
• performance of a first operation on the first data value from the first subrow using the first compute component;
• movement of a second data value, resulting from performance of the first operation, from the first logic stripe via connection circuitry to a second compute component of a second logic stripe in the data path;
• and
• overlay of data values of a first subrow corresponding to a first image with data values of a second subrow corresponding to a second image to form a background image and a foreground image in a combined image.

A method for operating a memory device, comprising:

• performing a number of matrix multiplication operations on a plurality of data value matrices by:
• performance of a first operation on a data value moved from a memory cell in a first subrow in a first row of an array of memory cells to a first logic stripe for in data path compute operations;
• and
• movement of the data value, to enable performance of a second operation thereon, to a selected second logic stripe via connection circuitry selectably coupling the first logic stripe and the second logic stripe;
• and
• producing a matrix product by selectably coupling a plurality of subrows to a corresponding plurality of logic stripes in the data path.