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Computing-in-memory using voltage-controlled spin-orbit torque based MRAM array
Microelectronics Journal ( IF 2.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-10 , DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2020.104943
Sonal Shreya , Alkesh Jain , Brajesh Kumar Kaushik

The Computing-in-Memory (CiM) is one of the best solutions to overcome the data transferring limitation between memory and processor. Moreover, spintronics based devices such as spin-transfer torque magnetic memory (STTM) and spin-orbit torque magnetic memory (SOTM) are emerging as viable contenders for CiM applications. SOTM along with their driving CMOS counterparts show a huge reduction in area and add nonvolatility to CiM designs. In this work, energy-efficient CiM working is performed using Voltage-Controlled SOTM (V-SOTM) where logic operations are implemented within the memory array. The operational conditions and working for performing logic within the memory blocks are elaborated in detail. Further, V-SOTM based full adder (FA) for CiM is presented. Performance analysis has been carried out and compared with exiting CMOS, STTM, SOTM based FA. V-SOTM FA shows 53.98% and 2.7% reduction in logic power and data transfer energy, respectively when compared to SOTM based CiM FA. Furthermore, the VCMA voltage variations for V-SOTM FA is carried out that provide performance improvement with varying voltage pulse. Finally, the effect of parametric variations is carried out using Monte Carlo analysis.



中文翻译:

使用基于电压控制的自旋轨道扭矩的MRAM阵列进行内存计算

内存中计算(CiM)是克服内存和处理器之间数据传输限制的最佳解决方案之一。此外,基于自旋电子学的设备,例如自旋传递扭矩磁存储器(STTM)和自旋轨道扭矩磁存储器(SOTM),正在成为CiM应用的可行竞争者。SOTM及其驱动的CMOS器件显示出面积的极大减少,并增加了CiM设计的非易失性。在这项工作中,使用电压控制SOTM(V-SOTM)进行节能的CiM工作,其中在存储器阵列内实施逻辑运算。详细说明了存储块内执行逻辑的工作条件和工作。此外,还介绍了基于V-SOTM的CiM全加法器(FA)。进行了性能分析,并将其与现有的CMOS,STTM,基于SOTM的FA。与基于SOTM的CiM FA相比,V-SOTM FA的逻辑功耗和数据传输能量分别降低了53.98%和2.7%。此外,还执行了V-SOTM FA的VCMA电压变化,可通过改变电压脉冲来提高性能。最后,使用蒙特卡洛分析进行参数变化的影响。

更新日期:2021-01-28
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