基于SRAM的感存算一体化技术综述

杨兴华; 杨子翼; 苏海津; 姜炜煌; 张静; 魏琦; 骆丽; 王忠静; 吕华芳; 乔飞

doi:10.11999/JEIT220815

基于SRAM的感存算一体化技术综述

doi: 10.11999/JEIT220815

杨兴华¹,
杨子翼^2, ,,
苏海津³,
姜炜煌⁴,
张静²,
魏琦⁴,
骆丽³,
王忠静⁴,
吕华芳⁴,
乔飞⁴

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北京林业大学理学院北京 100091
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北方工业大学信息学院北京 100041
3.
北京交通大学电子信息工程学院北京 100044
4.
清华大学北京 100084

基金项目: 国家自然科学基金(92164203)，清华大学-宁夏银川水联网数字治水联合研究院基金项目(SKL-IOW-2020TC2003)

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作者简介:
杨兴华：男，讲师，研究方向为近似计算电路系统设计

张静：女，教授，研究方向为智能传感技术、第三代半导体器件

魏琦：男，副研究员，研究方向为集成电路设计

骆丽：女，教授，研究方向为微电子学与固体电子学

王忠静：男，教授，研究方向为水利物联网感知

吕华芳：女，高级工程师，研究方向为水利物联网感知

乔飞：男，副研究员，研究方向为智能感知集成电路与系统

通讯作者:
杨子翼　yangziyi0128@gmail.com

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出版历程
- 收稿日期: 2022-06-21
- 修回日期: 2022-12-10
- 录用日期: 2022-12-20
- 网络出版日期: 2022-12-23
- 刊出日期: 2023-08-21

Review of the Fused Technology of Sensing, Storage and Computing Based on SRAM

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College of Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100091, China
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School of Information, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100041, China
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School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
4.
Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (92164203)，The Tsinghua University-Ningxia Yinchuan Water Network Digital Water Control Joint Research Institute Fund Project (SKL-IOW-2020TC2003)

摘要

摘要: 基于SRAM(静态随机存取)存储器的感存算一体化芯片架构将传感、存储和计算功能结合，通过使存储单元具备计算能力，避免了计算过程中数据的搬移，解决了冯诺依曼架构所面临的“存储墙”的问题。该结构与传感器部分结合，可以实现超高速、超低功耗的运算能力。SRAM存储器相较于其他存储器在速度方面具有较大优势，主要体现在该架构能够实现较高的能效比，在精度增强后可以保证较高精度，适用于低功耗高性能要求下的大算力场景设计。该文调研了近几年来关于感存算一体化的研究，介绍了传统感知系统和持续感知系统及感算共融系统，并介绍了基于SRAM存储器的感存算一体芯片最常见的几种计算单元结构，在电压域、电荷域和数字域考察了基于SRAM的感存算一体的研究发展，进行分析对比其优劣势，结合调研分析讨论了该领域的未来发展方向。
- 感存算一体 /
- SRAM存储器 /
- 冯诺依曼计算架构
Abstract: The integrated chip architecture based on SRAM memory combines sensing, storage and computing functions, solving the problem of “storage wall” faced by the Von Neumann architecture by enabling the memory unit to have computing power and avoiding the transfer of data during the calculation process. This structure is combined with the sensor part to achieve ultra-high-speed, ultra-low-power computing power. SRAM memory has great advantages in terms of speed compared to other memory, mainly reflected in the fact that the architecture can achieve a high energy efficiency ratio, which can ensure high accuracy after the accuracy is enhanced, and is suitable for large computing power scenario design under the requirements of low power consumption and high performance. This paper introduces the structure of the sensor-memory-computing chip based on SRAM memory, investigates the research and development of SRAM-based sensor-memory-computing integration in the voltage domain, charge domain and digital domain, and discusses the future development direction of this field.
- Integration of sensing, storage and computing /
- SRAM Memory /
- Von Neumann

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图 1 传统感知系统的处理流程

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图 2 持续感知系统与传统感知系统的功耗模式对

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图 3 SRAM 6T单元电路

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图 4 分裂式6T SRAM单元结构

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图 5 4+2T 存储器单元结构

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图 6 双7T SRAM 单元

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图 7 8T SRAM单元电路

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图 8 SRAM 9T单元电路

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图 9 开关电容阵列实现电荷域计算

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图 10 电荷域计算10T单元

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图 11 电荷域计算10T单元

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图 12 串行计算的可重构数字存内计算体系结构

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