Patent ID: 11935586
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A memory device, comprising:
a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells configured to store weight data for a computing-in-memory (CIM) operation, wherein
the plurality of memory cells comprises 2K memory cell groups, where K is a natural number,
each of the 2K memory cell groups comprises at least one row of memory cells, and
the rows of memory cells of the 2K memory cell groups are alternately arranged along a column direction;

2K Multiply Accumulate (MAC) circuits each coupled to the memory cells of a corresponding memory cell group among the 2K memory cell groups, and configured to generate output data corresponding to a computation performed on the weight data stored in the memory cells of the corresponding memory cell group; and
a plurality of read word lines each coupled to the memory cells in at least two rows belonging to two different memory cell groups among the 2K memory cell groups.