Computing-in-memory (CIM)

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EMO-CIM: An Input/Stationary-Data Similarity-Aware Computing-In-Memory Design for Variable Vector-Wise Computation in Edge Multi-Operator AI Acceleration

EMO-CIM: An Input/Stationary-Data Similarity-Aware Computing-In-Memory Design for Variable Vector-Wise Computation in Edge Multi-Operator AI Acceleration 150 150
Author(s): Bo Wang, Yuchen Tang, Feiran Liu, Xiaoxue Zhong, Yuchen Ma, Xin Si, Jun Yang

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We propose an edge multi-operator computing-in-memory design (EMO-CIM) that supports variable vector-wise multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) in CNN, Depthwise-Convolution (DW), and Attention operators. It features: (1) A single EMO-CIM bank excels in variable vector-wise MAC for multi-operators; (2) Merging local input-shared compute units with a decode-unit & adder-tree facilitates input/stationary-data similarity-aware computing to improve …

Published in: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters
Page(s): 1 – 1
Year of Publication: 2026
Electronic ISSN: 2573-9603
DOI: 10.1109/LSSC.2026.3668853
Publisher: IEEE

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A 14-nm Nonvolatile-Volatile-Fused Compute-In-Memory Macro Based on Logic-Compatible Flash for Plastic Neural Networks

A 14-nm Nonvolatile-Volatile-Fused Compute-In-Memory Macro Based on Logic-Compatible Flash for Plastic Neural Networks 150 150
Author(s): Weizeng Li, Linfang Wang, Zhidao Zhou, Zhi Li, Wang Ye, Junyu Zhu, Junzhe Shen, Bohan Wang, Hanghang Gao, Hongyang Hu, Jing Liu, Jinshan Yue, Jianguo Yang, Qing Luo, Qi Liu, Chunmeng Dou, Yang Chai, Ming Liu

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Designing computing-in-memory (CIM) chips with synaptic plasticity can potentially support energy-efficient on-chip learning in edge devices for rapid local task adaptation. Its silicon implementation is challenging as it requires hybridizing nonvolatile and volatile memory (VM) and customized computational operations. In this work, we propose a plastic CIM (P-CIM) macro featuring: 1) …

Published in: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Page(s): 1 – 13
Year of Publication: 2026
Electronic ISSN: 1558-173X
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2026.3652940
Publisher: IEEE

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MixCIM: A Hybrid Computing-in-Memory Macro With Less Data-Movement and Better Memory-Reuse for Depthwise Separable Neural Networks

MixCIM: A Hybrid Computing-in-Memory Macro With Less Data-Movement and Better Memory-Reuse for Depthwise Separable Neural Networks 150 150
Author(s): Xin Qiao, Youming Yang, Jiahao Song, Renjie Wei, Xiyuan Tang, Meng Li, Runsheng Wang, Yuan Wang

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Computing-in-memory (CIM) architectures have demonstrated strong potential for edge artificial intelligence (AI) devices due to their enhanced parallelism and energy efficiency. With the growing complexity of AI tasks and the rapid increase in model size, computation and deployment costs have surged. Depthwise separable neural networks (DSNNs) have attracted interest for …

Published in: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Page(s): 1 – 13
Year of Publication: 2026
Electronic ISSN: 1558-173X
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2026.3651775
Publisher: IEEE

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AACIM: A 2785-TOPS/W, 161-TOP/mm2, <1.17%-RMSE, Analog-In Analog-Out Computing-In-Memory Macro in 28 nm

AACIM: A 2785-TOPS/W, 161-TOP/mm2, <1.17%-RMSE, Analog-In Analog-Out Computing-In-Memory Macro in 28 nm 150 150
Author(s): Rentao Wan, Chuan-Tung Lin, Bo Zhang, Yannis Tsividis, Mingoo Seok

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This article presents an analog-in analog-out CIM macro (AACIM) for use in analog deep neural network (DNN) processors. Our macro receives analog inputs, performs a 64-by-32 vector–matrix multiplication (VMM) with a current-discharging computation mechanism, and produces analog outputs. It stores a 4-bit weight as an analog voltage in the …

Published in: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Page(s): 1 – 11
Year of Publication: 2025
Electronic ISSN: 1558-173X
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2025.3622309
Publisher: IEEE

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A Microscaling Multi-Mode Gain-Cell Computing-in-Memory Macro for Advanced AI Edge Device

A Microscaling Multi-Mode Gain-Cell Computing-in-Memory Macro for Advanced AI Edge Device 150 150
Author(s): Jen-Chun Tien, Ping-Chun Wu, Win-San Khwa, Ashwin Sanjay Lele, Jian-Wei Su, Chiao-Yen Cheng, Jun-Ming Hsu, Yu-Chen Chen, Le-Jung Hsieh, Jyun-Cheng Bai, Yu-Sheng Kao, Tsung-Han Lou, Jui-Jen Wu, Chung-Chuan Lo, Ren-Shuo Liu, Chih-Cheng Hsieh, Kea-Tiong Tang, Meng-Fan Chang

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The microscaling (MX) format is an emerging data representation that quantizes high-bitwidth floating-point (FP) values into low-bitwidth FP-like values with a shared-scale (SS) exponent. When implemented with computing-in-memory (CIM), MX allows an attractive tradeoff between accuracy and hardware efficiency for specific neural network (NN) workloads. This work presents the first …

Published in: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Page(s): 1 – 14
Year of Publication: 2025
Electronic ISSN: 1558-173X
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2025.3617944
Publisher: IEEE

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A 28-nm Computing-in-Memory Processor With Zig-Zag Backbone-Systolic CIM and Block-/Self-Gating CAM for NN/Recommendation Applications

A 28-nm Computing-in-Memory Processor With Zig-Zag Backbone-Systolic CIM and Block-/Self-Gating CAM for NN/Recommendation Applications 150 150
Author(s): Shengzhe Yan, Zhuoyu Dai, Zhaori Cong, Zeyu Guo, Yifan He, Wenyu Sun, Chunmeng Dou, Feng Zhang, Jinshan Yue, Yongpan Liu, Ming Liu

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Computing-in-memory (CIM) chips have demonstrated promising energy efficiency for artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as neural networks (NNs), Transformer, and recommendation system (RecSys). However, several challenges still exist. First, a large gap between the macro and system-level CIM energy efficiency is observed. Second, several memory-dominate operations, such as embedding in …

Published in: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Page(s): 1 – 15
Year of Publication: 2025
Electronic ISSN: 1558-173X
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2025.3610539
Publisher: IEEE

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