Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Neural network matrix multiplication in memory cells
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Application No.: US16195175Application Date: 2018-11-19
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Publication No.: US10692570B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Ali Al-Shamma
- Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Addison
- Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Addison
- Agency: Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
- Main IPC: G11C11/56
- IPC: G11C11/56 ; G11C16/26 ; G06F17/16 ; G11C16/10 ; G06N3/02 ; G11C16/08

Abstract:
Various examples for accelerating multiplication operations are presented, which can be employed in neural network operations, among other applications. In one example, a circuit comprises a non-volatile memory cell, and an input circuit coupled to a gate terminal of the non-volatile memory cell. The input circuit is configured to ramp a control voltage applied to the gate terminal at a ramp rate representing a multiplicand value. An output circuit coupled to an output terminal of the non-volatile memory cell and is configured to generate an output pulse based on the control voltage satisfying a threshold voltage of the non-volatile memory cell, where the output pulse has a duration comprising the multiplicand value multiplied by a multiplier value represented by the threshold voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200020393A1 NEURAL NETWORK MATRIX MULTIPLICATION IN MEMORY CELLS Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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