Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-volatile memory accelerator for artificial neural networks
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Application No.: US17036490Application Date: 2020-09-29
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Publication No.: US11886972B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Fernando Garcia Redondo , Shidhartha Das , Paul Nicholas Whatmough , Glen Arnold Rosendale
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06N3/04
- IPC: G06N3/04 ; G11C13/00 ; G06F7/544 ; H03M1/12 ; H03M1/66 ; G06N3/065 ; G06N3/045 ; G06N3/048 ; G11C11/54 ; G06N3/044

Abstract:
A non-volatile memory (NVM) crossbar for an artificial neural network (ANN) accelerator is provided. The NVM crossbar includes row signal lines configured to receive input analog voltage signals, multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) column signal lines, a correction column signal line, a MAC cell disposed at each row signal line and MAC column signal line intersection, and a correction cell disposed at each row signal line and correction column signal line intersection. Each MAC cell includes one or more programmable NVM elements programmed to an ANN unipolar weight, and each correction cell includes one or more programmable NVM elements. Each MAC column signal line generates a MAC signal based on the input analog voltage signals and the respective MAC cells, and the correction column signal line generates a correction signal based on the input analog voltage signals and the correction cells. Each MAC signal is corrected based on the correction signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220101085A1 Non-Volatile Memory Accelerator for Artificial Neural Networks Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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