Dedicated Instruction Set for Pattern-based Data Transfers: an Experimental Validation on Systems Containing In-Memory Computing Units

• Published in: IEEE transactions on computer-aided design of integrated circuits and systems Vol. 42; no. 11; p. 1
• Main Authors: Mambu, Kevin, Charles, Henri-Pierre, Kooli, Maha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Central Processing Unit; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Convolution; Data transfer; Data transmission; Embedded systems; In-Memory Computing; Instruction Set Architecture; Instruction sets; Instruction sets (computers); Nodes; Non-Von Neumann; Optimization; Pattern; Performance Analysis; Programming; Programming Model; Random access memory; RISC; Static random access memory; Stencil

In-Memory Computing (IMC) aims at solving the performance gap between CPU and memories introduced by the memory wall. However, general-purpose IMC does not consider the optimization of data transfers for patterns such as stencils and convolutions. This paper proposes a new Instruction Set Architectu...