Computer memory devices may employ any of various mechanisms for storing data, e.g., using memory cells each of which may be programmed to be in any of two or more states. Non-volatile memory includes memory cells each of which operates by changing the resistance across an active switching layer, e.g., an insulator, through the formation of conductive...

Traditional von-Neumann computing architectures, such as CPUs and GPUs, demonstrate limitations in memory bandwidth and energy efficiency. However, their high demand lies in their programmability and flexible functionality. Such platforms execute a wide spectrum of bit-wise logic and arithmetic operations. In this regard, recent application-specific...

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have shown extraordinary performance in recent years for various applications, including image classification, object detection, speech recognition, etc. Accuracy-driven DNN architectures tend to increase model sizes and computations in a very fast pace, demanding a massive amount of hardware resources. Frequent communication...

As technology scales, the number of cores in processors will rapidly increase in order to avoid the power wall. In processors that have hundreds and thousands of cores, traditional memory architectures – in which a coherent memory interface is provided to all the cores in hardware, will not be feasible. The memory management functionality is expected...

Background Neuro-inspired machine deep learning have demonstrated that they can perform complex tasks such as image and speech classification, object recognition, and real-time decision-making. The state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms employ neural networks which have millions of parameters. Deploying such deep neural networks onto mobile platforms...

As electronics become more compact, the issue of electromigration, the accumulation of atoms at the anode of an electronic circuit due to an uneven distribution of current, becomes more prevalent. Devices that undergo electromigration experience physical changes often resulting in short or open circuit failures specifically at the soldering joints....