Computing within Memory Using Transforms

This paper presents a new memory paradigm that challenges the conventional view of memory. No longer is memory a passive entity that only stores information; rather, it becomes an active participant in computation. The memory system logically performs dynamic transforms on data, easing the workload of the main processor (or processors). This paper presents several applications which validate the new paradigm. 1 Introduction Conventional thinking views memory as a passive entity that only stores information. The memory system ensures that a read returns the value that was last written, whereas, the processor performs all operations on the data. This paper describes collaborative memory, which challenges this view. Collaborative memory is an active memory system that cooperates with processes to accomplish tasks. There are several reasons why an active memory system accommodates systems of the future. Foremost, the speed of processors is increasing faster than the speed of memory; there..