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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2022
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Joon Hong Park, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dae Han Kwon, Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 7/544 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/1039 (2013.01); G06F 7/5443 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A processing-in-memory (PIM) device includes a plurality of multiplication and accumulation (MAC) units, each of the MAC units including a memory bank and a MAC operator, and a control circuit configured to control the plurality of MAC units to perform an all MAC mode operation in which MAC operations are performed in all MAC units, among the plurality of MAC units, or a dispersion MAC mode operation in which the MAC operations are performed in some MAC units, among the plurality of MAC units.