Patent ID: 11934798
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 20:
21. A method comprising:
storing at least one summand in a memory array of a memory device, the memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells accessible via a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of word lines;
generating a fused multiply-accumulation result by multiplying a multiplier by the popcount result of the at least one summand and accumulating it to the sum;
generating a popcount result by applying a plurality of popcount operations on the at least one summand, wherein each one of the plurality of popcount operations is performed on only one bit of each of the at least one summand; and
selectively accumulating a current sum value with the popcount result by sequencing through at least one bit of the multiplier;
wherein the fused multiply-accumulation result is generated upon completing the sequencing through the at least one bit of the multiplier.