English
Related papers

Related papers: Tutorial: Analog Matrix Computing (AMC) with Cross…

200 papers

As deep neural networks require tremendous amount of computation and memory, analog computing with emerging memory devices is a promising alternative to digital computing for edge devices. However, because of the increasing simulation time…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-21 Chaeun Lee , Seyoung Kim

In-Memory Computing (IMC) has emerged as a promising paradigm for energy-efficient, throughput-efficient and area-efficient machine learning at the edge. However, the differences in hardware architectures, array dimensions, and fabrication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-27 Jiacong Sun , Pouya Houshmand , Marian Verhelst

Analog in-memory computing (AIMC) accelerators enable efficient deep neural network computation directly within memory using resistive crossbar arrays, where model parameters are represented by the conductance states of memristive devices.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Jindan Li , Zhaoxian Wu , Gaowen Liu , Tayfun Gokmen , Tianyi Chen

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

The emerging analog matrix computing technology based on memristive crossbar array (MCA) constitutes a revolutionary new computational paradigm applicable to a wide range of domains. Despite the proven applicability of MCA for massive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-24 Jia-Hui Bi , Shaoshi Yang , Ping Zhang , Sheng Chen

Recent breakthroughs in associative memories suggest that silicon memories are coming closer to human memories, especially for memristive Content Addressable Memories (CAMs) which are capable to read and write in analog values. However, the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-04-24 Jiaao Yu , Paul-Philipp Manea , Sara Ameli , Mohammad Hizzani , Amro Eldebiky , John Paul Strachan

We introduce the Adaptive Massively Parallel Computation (AMPC) model, which is an extension of the Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) model. At a high level, the AMPC model strengthens the MPC model by storing all messages sent within a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Soheil Behnezhad , Laxman Dhulipala , Hossein Esfandiari , Jakub Łącki , Warren Schudy , Vahab Mirrokni

We propose a technology-independent method, referred to as adjacent connection matrix (ACM), to efficiently map signed weight matrices to non-negative crossbar arrays. When compared to same-hardware-overhead mapping methods, using ACM leads…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Arman Kazemi , Cristobal Alessandri , Alan C. Seabaugh , X. Sharon Hu , Michael Niemier , Siddharth Joshi

With the increased attention to memristive-based in-memory analog computing (IMAC) architectures as an alternative for energy-hungry computer systems for machine learning applications, a tool that enables exploring their device- and…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Md Hasibul Amin , Mohammed E. Elbtity , Ramtin Zand

This paper introduces the Modular Neural Computer (MNC), a memory-augmented neural architecture for exact algorithmic computation on variable-length inputs. The model combines an external associative memory of scalar cells, explicit read…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Florin Leon

Analog in-memory computing (AIMC) cores offers significant performance and energy benefits for neural network inference with respect to digital logic (e.g., CPUs). AIMCs accelerate matrix-vector multiplications, which dominate these…

Previous efforts on reconfigurable analog circuits mostly focused on specialized analog circuits, produced through careful co-design, or on highly reconfigurable, but relatively resource inefficient, accelerators that implement analog…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2023-10-11 Yu-Neng Wang , Glenn Cowan , Ulrich Rührmair , Sara Achour

The precise programming of crossbar arrays of unit-cells is crucial for obtaining high matrix-vector-multiplication (MVM) accuracy in analog in-memory computing (AIMC) cores. We propose a radically different approach based on directly…

In this paper, we develop an in-memory analog computing (IMAC) architecture realizing both synaptic behavior and activation functions within non-volatile memory arrays. Spin-orbit torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (SOT-MRAM)…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-15 Mohammed Elbtity , Abhishek Singh , Brendan Reidy , Xiaochen Guo , Ramtin Zand

Analog computing based on memristor technology is a promising solution to accelerating the inference phase of deep neural networks (DNNs). A fundamental problem is to map an arbitrary matrix to a memristor crossbar array (MCA) while…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-11-28 Baogang Zhang , Necati Uysal , Deliang Fan , Rickard Ewetz

The need to repeatedly shuttle around synaptic weight values from memory to processing units has been a key source of energy inefficiency associated with hardware implementation of artificial neural networks. Analog in-memory computing…

In-memory computing is an emerging non-von Neumann computing paradigm where certain computational tasks are performed in memory by exploiting the physical attributes of the memory devices. Memristive devices such as phase-change memory…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-04-08 Anastasios Petropoulos , Irem Boybat , Manuel Le Gallo , Evangelos Eleftheriou , Abu Sebastian , Theodore Antonakopoulos

The memristive crossbar array (MCA) has been successfully applied to accelerate matrix computations of signal detection in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. However, the unique property of massive MIMO channel matrix…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-24 Jia-Hui Bi , Shaoshi Yang , Ping Zhang , Sheng Chen

The rising computational demand of modern workloads has renewed interest in energy-efficient paradigms such as neuromorphic and analog computing. A fundamental operation in these systems is matrix-vector multiplication (MVM), ubiquitous in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-29 Caio Silva , Giuseppe Romano

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