The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, George Town, KY;
Inventors:
Fei Xue, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dimin Niu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shuangchen Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hongzhong Zheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4093 (2006.01); G11C 11/4096 (2006.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/4096 (2013.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01); G11C 11/4085 (2013.01); G11C 11/4093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprises: a three-dimensional flash memory comprising a plurality of cells; and a controller coupled to the three-dimensional flash memory, configured to: select a block of cells in the three-dimensional flash memory; perform a matrix multiplication on the matrix stored in the block of cells, including performing a vector multiplication in a single sensing step; and output a matrix multiplication result. A matrix is stored in the block of cells.