The Road to Widely Deploying Processing-in-Memory: Challenges and Opportunities

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Abstract

Processing-in-memory (PIM) refers to a computing paradigm where some or all of the computation for an ap-plication is moved closer to where the data resides (e.g., in main memory). While PIM has been the subject of ongoing research since the 1970s [8], [11], [17], [19], [26], 2[8], [29], [33], it has experienced a resurgence in the last decade due to (1) the pressing need to reduce the energy and latency overheads associated with data movement between the CPU and memory in conventional systems [6], [18], and (2) recent innovations in memory technologies that can enable PIM integration (e.g., [13]-[16], [20], [21], [24], [31]). Recently-released products and prototypes, ranging from programmable near-memory pro-cessing units [7], [36] to custom near-bank accelerators for machine learning [22], [23], [30] and analog compute support within memory arrays [9], [27], have demonstrated the viability of manufacturing PIM architectures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2022
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages259-260
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781665466059
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2022 - Pafos, Cyprus
Duration: Jul 4 2022Jul 6 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI
Volume2022-July
ISSN (Print)2159-3469
ISSN (Electronic)2159-3477

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2022
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityPafos
Period7/4/227/6/22

Keywords

  • hardware/software co design
  • processing in memory
  • processing near memory
  • processing using memory
  • system integration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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