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ArticleNature communications2025

A near-threshold memristive computing-in-memory engine for edge intelligence.

Linfang Wang, Weizeng Li, Zhidao Zhou, Junjie An, Wang Ye, Zhi Li, Hanghang Gao, Hongyang Hu, Jing Liu, Xiaoming Chen and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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15 authors.

Linfang Wang *State Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-9868
Weizeng Li *State Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-6036-7891
Zhidao Zhou *State Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Junjie AnState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Wang YeState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhi LiState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-9649-7338
Hanghang GaoState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hongyang HuState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jing LiuState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaoming ChenInstitute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7337-1844
Ling LiInstitute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8877-9052
Qi LiuState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-831X
Mingoo SeokDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Chunmeng DouState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. douchunmeng@ime.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2192-9655
Ming LiuState Key Lab of Fabrication Technologies for Integrated Circuits, Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Memristive computing-in-memory and near-threshold computing are two unconventional computing paradigms that can potentially enhance the energy efficiency and real-time performance of edge devices. However, their scalability faces challenges, primarily due to process variation. Here, we report a 1-Mb, 16-macro near-threshold memristive computing-in-memory engine. The two-transistor-one-resistor cells provide strong cell current modulation capability with more than 120-times amplified resistance ratio. To mitigate variation issues, we compensate for transistor mismatches by leveraging the intrinsic variations in memristors. Additionally, we propose a charge stacking technique between multiple analog-to-digital converters to perform analog weight-and-combine operations with small energy and area overhead. Moreover, we introduce an inter-macro hybrid control scheme to reduce the task-level inference power. The fabricated chip can perform highly parallel analog computing over 256 input channels with a 2.4% relative standard deviation. It achieves a throughput up to 10.49 tera-operations per second and an energy efficiency up to 88.51 tera-operations per second per watt.

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