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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Manuel Le Gallo-Bourdeau, Horgen, CH;
Athanasios Vasilopoulos, Zurich, CH;
Benedikt Kersting, Zurich, CH;
Julian Röttger Büchel, Zurich, CH;
Abu Sebastian, Adliswil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is notably directed to a method of programming memory elements of an in-memory computing (IMC) device. The IMC applies a SET signal to the K memory elements of said each cell to set each of the K memory elements to a SET state and reading K conductance values of the K memory elements in the SET state. The IMC adjusts, based on the K conductance values read and the target conductance value, a conductance value of at least one of the K memory elements to match a summed conductance of the K memory elements of said each cell with the target conductance value. The IMC maximizes a number of the K memory elements that are either in their SET state or in a RESET state of zero conductance nominal value, such that at most one of the K memory elements is neither in a SET state nor in a RESET state.