CIM-based Robust Logic Accelerator using 28 nm STT-MRAM Characterization Chip Tape-out

Abhairaj Singh, Mahdi Zahedi, Taha Shahroodi, Mohit Gupta, Anteneh Gebregiorgis, Manu Komalan, Rajiv V. Joshi, Francky Catthoor, Rajendra Bishnoi, Said Hamdioui

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Abstract

Spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) based computation-in-memory (CIM) architectures have shown great prospects for an energy-efficient computing. However, device variations and non-idealities narrow down the sensing margin that severely impacts the computing accuracy. In this work, we propose an adaptive referencing mechanism to improve the sensing margin of a CIM architecture for boolean binary logic (BBL) operations. We generate reference signals using multiple STT-MRAM devices and place them strategically into the array such that these signals can address the variations and trace the wire parasitics effectively. We have demonstrated this behavior using an STT-MRAM model, which is calibrated using 1Mbit characterized array. Results show that our proposed architecture for binary neural networks (BNN) achieves up to 17.8 TOPS/W on the MNIST dataset and 130× performance improvement for the text encryption compared to the software implementation on Intel Haswell processor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceeding - IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, AICAS 2022
PublisherIEEE
Pages451-454
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665409964
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event4th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, AICAS 2022 - Incheon, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 13 Jun 202215 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameProceeding - IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, AICAS 2022

Conference

Conference4th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, AICAS 2022
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityIncheon
Period13/06/2215/06/22

Bibliographical note

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Keywords

  • binary logic
  • binary neural networks
  • computation-in-memory
  • STT-MRAM

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