Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to bit string operations in memory are described. The bit string operations may be performed within a memory array without transferring the bit strings or intermediate results of the operations to circuitry external to the memory array. For instance, sensing circuitry that can include a sense amplifier and a compute component can be coupled to a memory array. A controller can be coupled to the sensing circuitry and can be configured to cause one or more bit strings that are formatted according to a universal number format or a posit format to be transferred from the memory array to the sensing circuitry. The sensing circuitry can perform an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, or both using the one or more bit strings.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to bit string operations in memory are described. The bit string operations may be performed within a memory array without transferring the bit strings or intermediate results of the operations to circuitry external to the memory array. For instance, sensing circuitry that can include a sense amplifier and a compute component can be coupled to a memory array. A controller can be coupled to the sensing circuitry and can be configured to cause one or more bit strings that are formatted according to a universal number format or a posit format to be transferred from the memory array to the sensing circuitry. The sensing circuitry can perform an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, or both using the one or more bit strings.

A floating-point (FP) arithmetic unit includes a first FP execution pipeline operatively coupled to a register file, the first FP execution pipeline configured to perform a first FP operation on a first FP operand provided by the register file, the first FP execution pipeline comprising a plurality of execution units; and a first normalization unit operatively coupled to the register file, and the first FP execution pipeline, the first normalization unit configured to normalize the first FP operand, wherein the first normalization unit is configured to operate in parallel with the first FP execution pipeline, and is further configured to, in response to detecting that the first FP operand is a denormal, assert a first FP execution pipeline busy flag to stall the instruction dispatch of a first subsequent FP operation, the first FP operation and the first subsequent FP operation being of one FP operation type.

A floating-point (FP) arithmetic unit includes a first FP execution pipeline operatively coupled to a register file, the first FP execution pipeline configured to perform a first FP operation on a first FP operand provided by the register file, the first FP execution pipeline comprising a plurality of execution units; and a first normalization unit operatively coupled to the register file, and the first FP execution pipeline, the first normalization unit configured to normalize the first FP operand, wherein the first normalization unit is configured to operate in parallel with the first FP execution pipeline, and is further configured to, in response to detecting that the first FP operand is a denormal, assert a first FP execution pipeline busy flag to stall the instruction dispatch of a first subsequent FP operation, the first FP operation and the first subsequent FP operation being of one FP operation type.

The present disclosure relates to matrix computing methods, chips, devices, and systems. One example method includes obtaining a computing instruction. The to-be-computed matrix is disassembled to obtain a plurality of disassembled matrices. Precision of a floating point number in the disassembled matrix is lower than precision of a floating point number in the to-be-computed matrix. Computing processing is performed on the plurality of disassembled matrices based on the matrix computing type.

The present disclosure relates to matrix computing methods, chips, devices, and systems. One example method includes obtaining a computing instruction. The to-be-computed matrix is disassembled to obtain a plurality of disassembled matrices. Precision of a floating point number in the disassembled matrix is lower than precision of a floating point number in the to-be-computed matrix. Computing processing is performed on the plurality of disassembled matrices based on the matrix computing type.

Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for replacing floating point matrix multiplication operations with an approximation algorithm or computation in applications that involve sparse codes and neural networks. The system may replace floating point matrix multiplication operations in sparse code applications and neural network applications with an approximation computation that applies an equivalent number of addition and/or subtraction operations.

Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for replacing floating point matrix multiplication operations with an approximation algorithm or computation in applications that involve sparse codes and neural networks. The system may replace floating point matrix multiplication operations in sparse code applications and neural network applications with an approximation computation that applies an equivalent number of addition and/or subtraction operations.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to bit string operations in memory are described. The bit string operations may be performed within a memory array without transferring the bit strings or intermediate results of the operations to circuitry external to the memory array. For instance, sensing circuitry that can include a sense amplifier and a compute component can be coupled to a memory array. A controller can be coupled to the sensing circuitry and can be configured to cause one or more bit strings that are formatted according to a universal number format or a posit format to be transferred from the memory array to the sensing circuitry. The sensing circuitry can perform an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, or both using the one or more bit strings.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to bit string operations in memory are described. The bit string operations may be performed within a memory array without transferring the bit strings or intermediate results of the operations to circuitry external to the memory array. For instance, sensing circuitry that can include a sense amplifier and a compute component can be coupled to a memory array. A controller can be coupled to the sensing circuitry and can be configured to cause one or more bit strings that are formatted according to a universal number format or a posit format to be transferred from the memory array to the sensing circuitry. The sensing circuitry can perform an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, or both using the one or more bit strings.