SySCIM: SystemC-AMS Simulation of Memristive Computation In-Memory

Seyed Hossein Hashemi Shadmehri; Ali Banagozar; Mehdi Kamal; Sander Stuijk; Ali Afzali-Kusha; Massoud Pedram; Henk Corporaal

doi:10.23919/DATE54114.2022.9774749

SySCIM: SystemC-AMS Simulation of Memristive Computation In-Memory

Seyed Hossein Hashemi Shadmehri
, Ali Banagozar
, Mehdi Kamal
, Sander Stuijk
, Ali Afzali-Kusha
, Massoud Pedram
, Henk Corporaal

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Abstract

Computation-in-memory (CIM) is one of the most appealing computing paradigms, especially for implementing artificial neural networks. Non-volatile memories like ReRAMs, PCMs, etc., have proven to be promising candidates for the realization of CIM processors. However, these devices and their driving circuits are subject to non-idealities. This paper presents a comprehensive platform, named SysCIM, for simulating memristor-based CIM systems. SySCIM considers the impact of the non-idealities of the CIM components, including memristor device, memristor crossbar (interconnects), analog-to-digital converter, and transimpedance amplifier, on the vector-matrix multiplication performed by the CIM unit. The CIM modules are described in SystemC and SystemC-AMS to reach a higher simulation speed while maintaining high simulation accuracy. Experiments under different crossbar sizes show SySCIM performs simulations up to 117 x faster than HSPICE with less than 4% accuracy loss. The modular design of SySCIM provides researchers with an easy design-space exploration tool to investigate the effects of various non-idealities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2022 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE 2022)
Editors	Cristiana Bolchini, Ingrid Verbauwhede, Ioana Vatajelu
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1467-1472
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-9819263-6-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE54114.2022.9774749
Publication status	Published - 19 May 2022
Event	2022 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2022 - Virtual, Online, Belgium Duration: 14 Mar 2022 → 23 Mar 2022

Conference

Conference	2022 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2022
Country/Territory	Belgium
Period	14/03/22 → 23/03/22

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research is supported by EC Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program through MNEMOSENE project under Grant 780215.

Funders	Funder number
European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme
European Union's Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Framework Programme	780215

Keywords

computation-in-memory
memristor
reliability
simulation

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Shadmehri, S. H. H., Banagozar, A., Kamal, M., Stuijk, S., Afzali-Kusha, A., Pedram, M., & Corporaal, H. (2022). SySCIM: SystemC-AMS Simulation of Memristive Computation In-Memory. In C. Bolchini, I. Verbauwhede, & I. Vatajelu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2022 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE 2022) (pp. 1467-1472). Article 9774749 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE54114.2022.9774749

Shadmehri, Seyed Hossein Hashemi ; Banagozar, Ali ; Kamal, Mehdi et al. / SySCIM : SystemC-AMS Simulation of Memristive Computation In-Memory. Proceedings of the 2022 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE 2022). editor / Cristiana Bolchini ; Ingrid Verbauwhede ; Ioana Vatajelu. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2022. pp. 1467-1472

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SySCIM: SystemC-AMS Simulation of Memristive Computation In-Memory. / Shadmehri, Seyed Hossein Hashemi; Banagozar, Ali; Kamal, Mehdi et al.
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