In-Memory Computing: Assessing Multilevel RRAM-Based VMM Operations


A new technical paper titled "Experimental Assessment of Multilevel RRAM-Based Vector-Matrix Multiplication Operations for In-Memory Computing" was published by researchers at IHP (the Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics). Abstract: "Resistive random access memory (RRAM)-based hardware accelerators are playing an important role in the implementation of in-memory computin... » read more

Fabricating FeFET Devices with Silicon-Doped Hafnium Oxide As A Ferroelectric Layer


A new technical paper titled "Synergistic Approach of Interfacial Layer Engineering and READ-Voltage Optimization in HfO2-Based FeFETs for In-Memory-Computing Applications" was published by researchers at Fraunhofer IPMS, GlobalFoundries, and TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Abstract (partial) "This article reports an improvement in the performance of the hafnium oxide-based (HfO2) ferroelectric... » read more

Approximate Adders Suitable For In-Memory Computing Using a Memristor Crossbar Array


A new technical paper titled "IMAGIN: Library of IMPLY and MAGIC NOR Based Approximate Adders for In-Memory Computing" was published by researchers at DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) and Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati. "We developed a framework to generate approximate adder designs with varying output errors for 8, 12, and 16-bit adders. We imp... » read more

Multi-Bit In-Memory Computing System for HDC using FeFETs, Achieving SW-Equivalent-Accuracies


A new technical paper titled "Achieving software-equivalent accuracy for hyperdimensional computing with ferroelectric-based in-memory computing" by researchers at University of Notre Dame, Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems, University of California Irvine, and Technische Universität Dresden. "We present a multi-bit IMC system for HDC using ferroelectric field-effect transistor... » read more

Nonvolatile ECRAM With A Short-Circuit Retention Time Several Orders of Magnitude Higher Than Previously Shown


A new technical paper titled "Nonvolatile Electrochemical Random-Access Memory Under Short Circuit" was published by researchers at University of Michigan and Sandia National Laboratories. Abstract "Electrochemical random-access memory (ECRAM) is a recently developed and highly promising analog resistive memory element for in-memory computing. One longstanding challenge of ECRAM is attainin... » read more

Transistor-Free Compute-In-Memory Architecture


A new technical paper titled "Reconfigurable Compute-In-Memory on Field-Programmable Ferroelectric Diodes" was recently published by researchers at University of Pennsylvania, Sandia National Labs, and Brookhaven National Lab. The compute-in-memory design is different as it is completely transistor-free. “Even when used in a compute-in-memory architecture, transistors compromise the access... » read more

How Memory Design Optimizes System Performance


Exponential increases in data and demand for improved performance to process that data has spawned a variety of new approaches to processor design and packaging, but it also is driving big changes on the memory side. While the underlying technology still looks very familiar, the real shift is in the way those memories are connected to processing elements and various components within a syste... » read more

Polynesia, A Novel Hardware/Software Cooperative Design for In-Memory HTAP Databases


A team of researchers from ETH Zurich, Google and Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently published a technical paper titled "Polynesia: Enabling High-Performance and Energy-Efficient Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Databases with Hardware/Software Co-Design". Abstract (partial) "We propose Polynesia, a hardware–software co-designed system for in-memory HTAP [hybrid transactional/anal... » read more

Technical Paper Round-Up: July 5


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=36 /] Semiconductor Engineering is in the process of building this library of research papers. Please send suggestions (via comments section below) for what else you’d like us to incorporate. If you have research papers you are trying to promote, we will review them to see if they are a good fit for... » read more

“All-in-One” 8×8 Array of Low-Power & Bio-inspired Crypto Engines w/IoT Edge Sensors Based on 2D Memtransistors


New technical paper titled "All-in-one, bio-inspired, and low-power crypto engines for near-sensor security based on two-dimensional memtransistors" from researchers at Penn State University. Abstract: "In the emerging era of the internet of things (IoT), ubiquitous sensors continuously collect, consume, store, and communicate a huge volume of information which is becoming increasingly vuln... » read more

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