Semiconductor device capable of performing in-memory processing

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a memory cell array, an address input circuit, a command input circuit, a data Input/Output (IO) circuit, a processing control circuit, a processing circuit, and a switch circuit. The processing control circuit includes a register array storing an address of an operand and determines whether an address provided from the address input circuit corresponds to the address stored in the register array. The processing circuit is configured to provide a processing result by performing an operation on data provided from the memory cell array. The switch circuit is configured to control a data path among the processing circuit, the data IO circuit, and the memory cell array and controls the data path to connect the memory cell array to the processing circuit when the address provided from the address input circuit corresponds to the address stored in the register array.