LOSSS-Logic Synthesis based on Several Stateful logic gates for high time-efficient computing
Yihong Hu, Nuo Xu, Chaochao Feng, Wei Tong, Kang Liu, Liang Fang · 2024
Memristor stateful logic is an effective way to achieve the real sense of in-memory computing in memristor-based crossbar array (MCBA). However, cascading stateful logic gates in MCBA is a time-consuming sequential process comparing to the space-wise CMOS combinational logic circuit. It is essential to develop the automatic synthesis tool to achieve complex combinatorial logic function with less in-memory stateful logic gates. In this paper, a logic synthesis process based on several stateful logic gates (LOSSS) is achieved to enhance in-memory computing efficiency of the scene of single row/column-oriented stateful logic computing. First, multiply compatible two/one-input PMR-type stateful logic gates with the functions of NOR, OR and NOT are employed in the initial function synthesis to obtain a good start-point netlist. Then, a post-process stage is added in the flow to reduce the number of the gates of the netlist by developing an automated optimization algorithm of replacing some specific gate groups as the composite gates of IMP and ONOR with consideration of input overwritten. Finally, an improved mapping process is employed to cascade these stateful logic gates in a single row of the crossbar array with less device occupation. Comparing to the standard SIMPLER-MAGIC, LOSSS achieves arithmetic mean improvements of over 23% in performance, and over 34% in effective lifetime under the EPFL benchmark suit which is also better than the results reported by the state-of-art MAGIC synthesis process (X-MAGIC).