| Summary: | Recently, numerous studies have investigated computing in-memory (CIM) architectures for neural networks to overcome memory bottlenecks. Because of its low delay, high energy efficiency, and low volatility, spin-orbit torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-MRAM) has received substantial attention. However, previous studies used calculation circuits to support complex calculations, leading to substantial energy consumption. Therefore, our research proposes a new CIM architecture with small peripheral circuits; this architecture achieved higher performance relative to other CIM architectures when processing convolution neural networks (CNNs). We included a distributed arithmetic (DA) algorithm to improve the efficiency of the CIM calculation method by reducing the excessive read/write times and execution steps of CIM-based CNN calculation circuits. Furthermore, our method also uses SOT-MRAM to increase the calculation speed and reduce power consumption. Compared with CIM-based CNN arithmetic circuits in previous studies, our method can achieve shorter clock periods and reduce read times by up to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>43.3</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>% without the need for additional circuits.
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