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Process variation resilient current-domain analog in memory computing

Prasad et al., 2023

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9932622054886555202
Author
Prasad K
Shubham S
Biswas A
Mekie J
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Publication venue
2023 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE)

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In-Memory Computing (IMC) has emerged as one of the energy-efficient solutions for data and compute-intensive machine learning applications. Analog IMC architectures have high throughput, but limited bit precision. Process variation further degrades the bit-precision …
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