Processing within a Memristive Memory
- Memory accesses are the bottleneck of modern computer systems both in terms of performance and energy. This barrier, known as "the Memory Wall", can be break by utilizing memristors. Memristors are novel passive electrical components with varying resistance based on the charge passing through the device [1]. In this abstract, the term "memristor" covers also an extension of the definition, memristive devices, which vary their resistance depending on a state variable [2]. While memristors are naturally used as memory cells, they can also be used for other applications, such as logic circuits [3]. We present a novel architecture that redefines the relationship between the memory and the processor by enabling data processing within the memory itself. Our architecture is based on a memristive memory array, in which we perform two basic logic operations: Imply (material implication) [4] and False.
Author: | Rotem Ben-Hur, Shahar Kvatinsky |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-43315 |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language of publication: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2016/03/18 |
Year of first Publication: | 2016 |
Publishing Institution: | Technische Universität Kaiserslautern |
Date of the Publication (Server): | 2016/03/14 |
Tag: | Memristors |
Page Number: | 2 |
Faculties / Organisational entities: | Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik |
CCS-Classification (computer science): | B. Hardware / B.3 MEMORY STRUCTURES / B.3.m Miscellaneous |
DDC-Cassification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 621.3 Elektrotechnik, Elektronik |
Collections: | International Workshop on Emerging Memory Solutions |
Licence (German): | Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vom 30.07.2015 |