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Optimizing 55 nm split-gate memory for compute-in-memory: a focus on floating-gate engineering

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Wanyi Ling
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Ranran Liu
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Kun Ren
D
Dianyu Qi
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Yongyu Wu
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Guangji Li
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Miao Zhou
Q
Qingshuang Xu
Z
Zhenghui Xia
X
Xuan Li
D
Dertsyr Fan
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Ichun Chuang
T
Tzung Wen Cheng
C
Chenming Tsai
D
Dawei Gao
DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/25060033delete
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Abstract

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The escalating need for high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) computing intensifies the "memory bottleneck" of the von Neumann architecture, prompting extensive exploration of computation-in-memory (CIM) solutions. This study is centered on the optimization of a high-efficiency, low-power "L"-shaped split-gate floating-gate (FG) memory for CIM applications. Fabricated on a 55 nm CMOS platform, the memory devices were systematically investigated through wafer acceptance test (WAT), Sentaurus™ simulations and comprehensive evaluations with the DNN + NeuroSim Framework V2.0. Among devices with diverse FG lengths, the 95-nm FG variant exhibits outstanding performance: it achieves a 5.35 V memory window, reaches a maximum conductance of 16.7 μS with excellent linearity under the varying voltage and width pulse scheme (VWPS), realizes 32-state multi-level storage, and attains a 92% training accuracy on the CIFAR-10 dataset using the VGG8 neural network.
Keywords:
compute-in-memory
floating-gate memory
split-gate
CMOS
neural network training

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Journal of Semiconductors cover
Journal of Semiconductors
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5.3
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zhejiang icsprout semiconductor
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iotmemory technology inc.
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4
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zhejiang university
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17.0W
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