Analog Multiply-Accumulate Cell With Multi-Bit Resolution for All-Analog AI Inference Accelerators
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Abstract
Mixed-signal AI accelerators offer the possibility of higher energy efficiency for moderate resolution computations compared to their digital counterparts. All-analog implementations, where all operations are performed in the analog domain, can further improve this energy advantage. An energy efficient multiply-accumulate cell for all-analog neural layer processing macros is presented. The proposed analog two-quadrant multiplier circuit consists of two complementary MOSFETs where the pulse width modulated input activation is applied to the gates and the weight signal to the isolated back-gate. The analog multi-bit resolution weight is dynamically stored on a memory capacitor. The multiply-accumulate operation result is represented by charge accumulated on a summation line and drawn from or put onto a computation capacitance. Simulation results based on a 22 nm FD-SOI CMOS technology show that the cell consumes about 0.67 fJ for a circuit-level multiply-accumulate operation. An area efficiency of 166 × 10^{12 MAC/s/mm2 is achieved.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3509-3521 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
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Keywords
- AI accelerators, Analog integrated circuits, analog processing circuits, multiplying circuits, neural network hardware