US 12,094,527 B2
Reconfigurable data processing and storage unit for deep neural networks
Rajiv Joshi, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); and Sudipto Chakraborty, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,794.
Prior Publication US 2023/0317149 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G11C 11/412 (2006.01); G06N 3/065 (2023.01); G11C 11/418 (2006.01); G11C 11/419 (2006.01); H03M 1/66 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 11/418 (2013.01) [G06N 3/065 (2023.01); G11C 11/412 (2013.01); G11C 11/419 (2013.01); H03M 1/66 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory array, in turn comprising a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit line pairs intersecting the plurality of word lines at a plurality of cell locations, and a plurality of memory cells, coupled to the plurality of word lines and the plurality of bit line pairs, and located at the plurality of cell locations;
a plurality of word line drivers coupled to the plurality of word lines;
a dynamic voltage boost coupled to the memory array and to the word line drivers; and
a controller coupled to the plurality of word line drivers and the dynamic voltage boost, and configured to cause the dynamic voltage boost to boost the cells during a multiply accumulate operation and to boost the word lines and the cells during a storage operation.