Semiconductor Engineering

Accelerator Architecture For In-Memory Computation of CNN Inferences Using Racetrack Memory

A new technical paper titled “Hardware-software co-exploration with racetrack memory based in-memory computing for CNN inference in embedded systems” was published by researchers at National ...
NextBigFuture

Analog in-memory Computing Attention Mechanism for Fast and Energy-efficient Large Language Models

A Nature paper describes an innovative analog in-memory computing (IMC) architecture tailored for the attention mechanism in large language models (LLMs). They want to drastically reduce latency and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Is In-Memory Compute Still Alive?

In-memory computing (IMC) has had a rough go, with the most visible attempt at commercialization falling short. And while some companies have pivoted to digital and others have outright abandoned the ...
Phys.org

Meters closer, miles faster: A novel cryogenic in-memory computing scheme to bridge AI with quantum computing

Scholars at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have unveiled an innovation that brings artificial intelligence (AI) closer to quantum ...
Phys.org

A multi-level breakthrough in optical computing—a faster, more efficient, and robust memory cell

For the first time, an international cadre of electrical engineers has developed a new method for photonic in-memory computing that could make optical computing a reality in the near future. The team ...
Business Wire

d-Matrix Unveils Corsair, the World’s Most Efficient AI Computing Platform for Inference in Datacenters

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--d-Matrix today officially launched Corsair™, an entirely new computing paradigm designed from the ground-up for the next era of AI inference in modern datacenters. Corsair ...
Digital Trends

This breakthrough memory technology could make AI 1,000 times more efficient

We all know AI has a power problem. On the whole, global AI usage already drew as much energy as the entire nation of Cyprus did in 2021. But engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota ...