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We demonstrate ultra-fast (down to 400 ps) bipolar magnetization switching of a three-terminal perpendicular Ta/FeCoB/MgO/FeCoB magnetic tunnel junction. The critical current density rises significantly as the current pulse shortens below…

Compute-in-memory (CiM) is a promising approach to improving the computing speed and energy efficiency in dataintensive applications. Beyond existing CiM techniques of bitwise logic-in-memory operations and dot product operations, this…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-03 Yiming Chen , Yushen Fu , Mingyen Lee , Sumitha George , Yongpan Liu , Vijaykrishnan Narayanan , Huazhong Yang , Xueqing Li

Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are being explored in an attempt to mimic brain's capability to learn and recognize at low power. Crossbar architecture with highly scalable Resistive RAM or RRAM array serving as synaptic weights and neuronal…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-08-08 Aditya Shukla , Udayan Ganguly

We have calculated the key characteristics of associative (content-addressable) spatial-temporal memories based on neuromorphic networks with restricted connectivity - "CrossNets". Such networks may be naturally implemented in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-07-14 Dmitri Gavrilov , Dmitri Strukov , Konstantin K. Likharev

Progress in artificial intelligence and machine learning over the past decade has been driven by the ability to train larger deep neural networks (DNNs), leading to a compute demand that far exceeds the growth in hardware performance…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Sourjya Roy , Cheng Wang , Anand Raghunathan

We present a low barrier magnet based compact hardware unit for analog stochastic neurons and demonstrate its use as a building-block for neuromorphic hardware. By coupling circular magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with a CMOS based analog…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Samiran Ganguly , Kerem Y. Camsari , Avik W. Ghosh

Memristor-based crossbar arrays represent a promising emerging memory technology to replace conventional memories by offering a high density and enabling computing-in-memory (CIM) paradigms. While analog computing provides the best…

The emerging memristor crossbar array based computing circuits exhibit computing speeds and energy efficiency far surpassing those of traditional digital processors. This type of circuits can complete high-dimensional matrix operations in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-05 Jia-Hui Bi , Shaoshi Yang , Sheng Chen , Ping Zhang

Spin-orbitronics, based on both spin and orbital angular momentum, presents a promising pathway for energy-efficient memory and logic devices. Recent studies have demonstrated the emergence of orbital currents in light transition metals…

Due to the massive parallel computing capability and outstanding image and signal processing performance, cellular neural network (CNN) is one promising type of non-Boolean computing system that can outperform the traditional digital logic…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2016-09-21 Chenyun Pan , Azad Naeemi

The inherent dynamics of the neuron membrane potential in Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) allows processing of sequential learning tasks, avoiding the complexity of recurrent neural networks. The highly-sparse spike-based computations in…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Amogh Agrawal , Mustafa Ali , Minsuk Koo , Nitin Rathi , Akhilesh Jaiswal , Kaushik Roy

In-memory computing (IMC) utilizing synaptic crossbar arrays is promising for energy-efficient deep neural network (DNN) accelerators. Various technologies (CMOS and post-CMOS) have been explored as synaptic device candidates, each with its…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-08-15 Chunguang Wang , Jeffry Victor , Sumeet K. Gupta

This paper presents 6T SRAM cell-based bit-parallel in-memory computing (IMC) architecture to support various computations with reconfigurable bit-precision. In the proposed technique, bit-line computation is performed with a short WL…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Kyeongho Lee , Jinho Jeong , Sungsoo Cheon , Woong Choi , Jongsun Park

In-memory-computing is emerging as an efficient hardware paradigm for deep neural network accelerators at the edge, enabling to break the memory wall and exploit massive computational parallelism. Two design models have surged: analog…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Pouya Houshmand , Jiacong Sun , Marian Verhelst

Spintronic artificial neurons are intriguing building blocks for energy efficient Neuromorphic Computing (NC). Nevertheless, most contemporary implementations rely on symmetry breaking external in plane magnetic fields (H_X) for neuron…

This paper presents a tutorial and review of SRAM-based Compute-in-Memory (CIM) circuits, with a focus on both Digital CIM (DCIM) and Analog CIM (ACIM) implementations. We explore the fundamental concepts, architectures, and operational…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-25 Kentaro Yoshioka , Shimpei Ando , Satomi Miyagi , Yung-Chin Chen , Wenlun Zhang

The quest for energy-efficient, scalable neuromorphic computing has elevated compute-in-memory (CIM) architectures to the forefront of hardware innovation. While memristive memories have been extensively explored for synaptic implementation…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-20 Kapil Bhardwaj , Ella Paasio , Sayani Majumdar

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) based magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is envisioned as an emerging non-volatile memory due to its ultra-high speed and low power consumption. The field-free switching schema in SOT devices is of great interest…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-07-03 Min Wang , Zhaohao Wang , Chao Wang , Weisheng Zhao

We demonstrate a magnetic tunnel junction injected with spin Hall current to exhibit linear rotation of magnetization of the free-ferromagnet using only the spin current. Using the linear resistance change of the MTJ, we devise a circuit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 Venkatesh Vadde , Bhaskaran Muralidharan , Abhishek Sharma

Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) have recently emerged as the low-power alternative to Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) owing to their asynchronous, sparse, and binary information processing. To improve the energy-efficiency and throughput,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Abhiroop Bhattacharjee , Youngeun Kim , Abhishek Moitra , Priyadarshini Panda