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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Seyoung Kim, White Plains, NY (US);

Hyungjun Kim, Nam, KR;

Tayfun Gokmen, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);

Malte Rasch, Chappaqua, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Zero-shifting techniques in analog crosspoint arrays are provided. In one aspect, an analog array-based vector-matrix multiplication includes: a weight array connected to a reference array, each including a crossbar array having a set of conductive row wires and a set of conductive column wires intersecting the set of conductive row wires, and optimizable crosspoint devices at intersections of the set of conductive column wires and the set of conductive row wires. A method for analog array-based vector-matrix computing is also provided that includes: applying repeated voltage pulses to the crosspoint devices in the weight array until all of the crosspoint devices in the weight array converge to their own symmetry point; and copying conductance values for each crosspoint device from the weight array to the reference array.


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