Shift Register-In-Memory Architecture


A new technical paper titled "Toward Single-Cell Multiple-Strategy Processing Shift Register Powered by Phase-Change Memory Materials" was published by researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design and University of Cambridge. Abstract "Modern innovations are built on the foundation of computers. Compared to von Neumann architectures having separate storage and processing uni... » read more

Scalable Approach to Fabricate Memristor Arrays at Wafer-scale


New technical paper titled "Wafer-scale solution-processed 2D material analog resistive memory array for memory-based computing" from researchers at National University of Singapore and Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore. Abstract "Realization of high-density and reliable resistive random access memories based on two-dimensional semiconductors is crucial toward their develop... » read more

An adaptive synaptic array using Fowler–Nordheim dynamic analog memory


Abstract "In this paper we present an adaptive synaptic array that can be used to improve the energy-efficiency of training machine learning (ML) systems. The synaptic array comprises of an ensemble of analog memory elements, each of which is a micro-scale dynamical system in its own right, storing information in its temporal state trajectory. The state trajectories are then modulated by a sys... » read more

Will Monolithic 3D DRAM Happen?


As DRAM scaling slows, the industry will need to look for other ways to keep pushing for more and cheaper bits of memory. The most common way of escaping the limits of planar scaling is to add the third dimension to the architecture. There are two ways to accomplish that. One is in a package, which is already happening. The second is to sale the die into the Z axis, which which has been a to... » read more

Utilizing Computational Memory


For systems to become faster and consume less power, they must stop wasting the power required to move data around and start adding processing near memory. This approach has been proven, and products are entering the marketplace designed to fill a number of roles. Processing near memory, also known as computational memory, has been hiding in the shadows for more than a decade. Ever since the... » read more

Using Memory Differently To Boost Speed


Boosting memory performance to handle a rising flood of data is driving chipmakers to explore new memory types and different ways of using existing memory, but it also is creating some complex new challenges. For most of the semiconductor design industry, memory has been a non-issue for the past couple of decades. The main concerns were price and size, but memory makers have been more than a... » read more