COMPUTING DEVICE FOR "BIG DATA" APPLICATIONS

摘要

A computing device includes a computation circuit and a data storage circuit. The computation circuit is coupled to the data storage circuit and is arranged for reading and writing data from/to the data storage circuit. The computing device includes a memory array of non-volatile memory elements and controlling circuitry connected to the memory array for reading and writing data from/to selected memory elements in the array. The computation circuit and the data storage circuit are located in the memory array, and the non-volatile memory elements of the memory array are memristor-type elements.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
a computation circuit; and a data storage circuit, the computation circuit being coupled to and interweaved with the data storage circuit and arranged for reading data from the data storage circuit, processing the data, and writing the data to the data storage circuit, wherein the computing device comprises a memory array of non-volatile memory elements and controlling circuitry connected to the memory array for providing signals to selected non-volatile memory elements in the array, and wherein the non-volatile memory elements of the memory array are memristor-type elements that are programmable to perform either storage operations by forming databits of the data storage circuit or computing operations by forming elements of logic circuitry of the computation circuit to provide the data storage circuit and the computation circuit integrated in the memory array.