Nonvolatile Spintronic Memory Cells for Neural Networks

Autor: Andrew W. Stephan, Qiuwen Lou, Michael T. Niemier, Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Steven J. Koester
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal on Exploratory Solid-State Computational Devices and Circuits, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 67-73 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2329-9231
DOI: 10.1109/JXCDC.2019.2932992
Popis: A new spintronic nonvolatile memory cell analogous to 1T DRAM with non-destructive READ is proposed. The cells can be used as neural computing units. A dual-circuit neural network architecture is proposed to leverage these devices against the complex operations involved in convolutional networks. Simulations based on HSPICE and MATLAB were performed to study the performance of this architecture when classifying images as well as the effect of varying the size and stability of the nanomagnets. The spintronic cells outperform a purely charge-based implementation of the same network, consuming ≈100-pJ total energy per image processed.
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