Patents by Inventor Dimin Niu

Dimin Niu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11175853
    Abstract: A memory module includes a memory controller including: a host layer; a media layer coupled to a non-volatile memory; and a logic core coupled to the host layer, the media layer, and a volatile memory, the logic core storing a first write group table including a plurality of rows, and the logic core being configured to: receive a persistent write command including a cache line address and a write group identifier; receive data associated with the persistent write command; write the data to the volatile memory at the cache line address; store the cache line address in a selected buffer of a plurality of buffers in a second write group table, the selected buffer corresponding to the write group identifier; and update a row of the first write group table to identify locations of the selected buffer containing valid entries, the row corresponding to the write group identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Tien Chang, Dimin Niu, Hongzhong Zheng, Heehyun Nam, Youngjin Cho, Sun-Young Lim
  • Publication number: 20210334142
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an accelerator for systolic array-friendly data placement. The accelerator may include: a systolic array comprising a plurality of operation units, wherein the systolic array is configured to receive staged input data and perform operations using the staged input to generate staged output data, the staged output data comprising a number of segments; a controller configured to execute one or more instructions to generate a pattern generation signal; a data mask generator; and a memory configured to store the staged output data using the generated masks. The data mask generator may include circuitry configured to: receive the pattern generation signal from the controller, and, based on the received signal, generate a mask corresponding to each segment of the staged output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Yuhao Wang, Xiaoxin Fan, Dimin Niu, Chunsheng Liu, Wei Han
  • Patent number: 11151006
    Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a plurality of stacked integrated circuit dies that include a memory cell die and a logic die. The memory cell die may be configured to store data at a memory address. The logic die may include an interface to the stacked integrated circuit dies and configured to communicate memory accesses between the memory cell die and at least one external device. The logic die may include a reliability circuit configured to ameliorate data errors within the memory cell die. The reliability circuit may include a spare memory configured to store data, and an address table configured to map a memory address associated with an error to the spare memory. The reliability circuit may be configured to determine if the memory access is associated with an error, and if so completing the memory access with the spare memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Dimin Niu, Krishna Malladi, Hongzhong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210320080
    Abstract: A chip or integrated circuit includes a layer that includes a first device and a second device. A scribe line is located between the first device and the second device and separates the first device from the second device. An electrically conductive connection traverses the scribe line and is coupled to the first device and the second device, thus connecting the first and second devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shuangchen LI, Wei HAN, Dimin NIU, Yuhao WANG, Hongzhong ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210318955
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for allocating memory space in a memory device. The system can include: a memory device for providing the memory space; and a compiler component configured for: receiving a request for allocating a data array having a plurality of data elements in the memory device, wherein each of the plurality of data elements has a logical address; generating an instruction for allocating memory space for the data array in the memory device based on the request; generating device addresses for the plurality of data elements in the memory device based on logical addresses of the plurality of data elements; and allocating the memory space for the data array in the memory device based on the device addresses and the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Shuangchen LI, Dimin NIU, Fei SUN, Jingjun CHU, Hongzhong ZHENG, Guoyang CHEN, Yingmin LI, Weifeng ZHANG, Xipeng SHEN
  • Publication number: 20210311634
    Abstract: A 3D-stacked memory device including: a base die including a plurality of switches to direct data flow and a plurality of arithmetic logic units (ALUs) to compute data; a plurality of memory dies stacked on the base die; and an interface to transfer signals to control the base die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Mu-Tien Chang, Prasun Gera, Dimin Niu, Hongzhong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210311878
    Abstract: A cache coherency mode includes: in response to a read request from a device in the host-device system for an instance of the shared data, sending the instance of the shared data from the host device to that device; and, in response to write request from a device, storing data associated with the write request in the cache of the host device. Shared data is pinned in the cache of the host device, and is not cached in any of the other devices in the host-device system. Because there is only one cached copy of the shared data in the host-device system, the devices in that system are cache coherent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Lide DUAN, Dimin NIU, Hongyu LIU, Shuangchen LI, Hongzhong ZHENG
  • Patent number: 11138135
    Abstract: A high bandwidth memory (HBM) system includes a first HBM+ card. The first HBM+ card includes a plurality of HBM+ cubes. Each HBM+ cube has a logic die and a memory die. The first HBM+ card also includes a HBM+ card controller coupled to each of the plurality of HBM+ cubes and configured to interface with a host, a pin connection configured to connect to the host, and a fabric connection configured to connect to at least one HBM+ card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Krishna T. Malladi, Hongzhong Zheng, Dimin Niu, Peng Gu
  • Publication number: 20210294697
    Abstract: A method of correcting a memory error of a dynamic random-access memory module (DRAM) using a double data rate (DDR) interface, the method includes conducting a memory transaction including multiple bursts with a memory controller to send data from data chips of the DRAM to the memory controller, detecting one or more errors using an ECC chip of the DRAM, determining a number of the bursts having the errors using the ECC chip of the DRAM, determining whether the number of the bursts having the errors is greater than a threshold number, determining a type of the errors, and directing the memory controller based on the determined type of the errors, wherein the DRAM includes a single ECC chip per memory channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: DIMIN NIU, Mu-Tien Chang, Hongzhong Zheng, Hyun-Joong Kim, Won-hyung Song, Jangseok Choi
  • Patent number: 11100193
    Abstract: A general matrix-matrix multiplication (GEMM) dataflow accelerator circuit is disclosed that includes a smart 3D stacking DRAM architecture. The accelerator circuit includes a memory bank, a peripheral lookup table stored in the memory bank, and a first vector buffer to store a first vector that is used as a row address into the lookup table. The circuit includes a second vector buffer to store a second vector that is used as a column address into the lookup table, and lookup table buffers to receive and store lookup table entries from the lookup table. The circuit further includes adders to sum the first product and a second product, and an output buffer to store the sum. The lookup table buffers determine a product of the first vector and the second vector without performing a multiply operation. The embodiments include a hierarchical lookup architecture to reduce latency. Accumulation results are propagated in a systolic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Peng Gu, Krishna Malladi, Hongzhong Zheng, Dimin Niu
  • Publication number: 20210248073
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and systems for memory management. The method can include: receiving a request for allocating target node data to a memory space, wherein the memory space includes a buffer and an external memory and the target node data comprises property data and structural data and represents a target node of a graph having a plurality of nodes and edges; determining a node degree associated with the target node data; allocating the target node data to the memory space based on the determined node degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jilan LIN, Shuangchen LI, Dimin NIU, Hongzhong ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210248093
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide memory devices and methods related to memory accessing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Shuangchen LI, Dimin NIU, Hongzhong ZHENG
  • Patent number: 11079936
    Abstract: A 3D-stacked memory device including: a base die including a plurality of switches to direct data flow and a plurality of arithmetic logic units (ALUs) to compute data; a plurality of memory dies stacked on the base die; and an interface to transfer signals to control the base die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Tien Chang, Prasun Gera, Dimin Niu, Hongzhong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11068200
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving memory control. A memory architecture includes a plurality of memory units and an interface. A respective memory unit of the plurality of memory units is configured with a Processing-In-Memory (PIM) architecture. The interface includes a plurality of lines. The interface is coupled between the plurality of memory units and a host. The interface is configured to receive one or more signals from a host via the plurality of lines. The respective memory unit of the plurality of memory units is coupled with a respective line of the plurality of lines, and the respective memory unit is further configured to receive a respective signal of the one or more signals via the interface so as to be individually selected by the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Dimin Niu, Lide Duan, Yuhao Wang, Xiaoxin Fan, Zhibin Xiao
  • Patent number: 11048645
    Abstract: A memory module includes a random access memory (RAM) device that includes a first storage region and a second storage region, a nonvolatile memory device, and a controller that controls the RAM device or the nonvolatile memory device under control of a host. The controller includes a data buffer that temporarily stores first data received from the host, and a buffer returning unit that transmits first release information to the host when the first data are moved from the data buffer to the first storage region or the second storage region of the RAM device and transmits second release information to the host when the first data are moved from the second storage region to the nonvolatile memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Inventors: Sun-Young Lim, Dimin Niu, Jae-Gon Lee
  • Publication number: 20210173784
    Abstract: Memory control methods and systems are provided. A memory architecture includes one or more accelerators, a controller, and a transactional interface. A respective accelerator of the one or more accelerators includes a respective storage area configured to store data and a respective computation unit configured to perform computation. The respective storage area and the respective computation unit are configured to interact with each other. The controller is coupled with the one or more accelerators. The controller is configured to control the one or more accelerators, receive a command from a host, and perform an operation in response to receiving the command. The transactional interface is coupled between the controller and the host and includes a command and address signal channel, which is configured to transfer command and address signals from the host to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Dimin Niu, Lide Duan, Hongzhong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11029879
    Abstract: A method of page size aware scheduling and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of page size aware scheduling are provided. The method includes determining a size of a media page; determining if the media page is open or closed; performing, by a memory controller, a speculative read operation if the media page is determined to be open; and performing, by the memory controller, a regular read operation if the media page is determined to be closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Dimin Niu, Mu Tien Chang, Hongzhong Zheng, Sun Young Lim, Jae-Gon Lee, Indong Kim
  • Publication number: 20210157516
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving memory control. A memory architecture includes a plurality of memory units and an interface. A respective memory unit of the plurality of memory units is configured with a Processing-In-Memory (PIM) architecture. The interface includes a plurality of lines. The interface is coupled between the plurality of memory units and a host. The interface is configured to receive one or more signals from a host via the plurality of lines. The respective memory unit of the plurality of memory units is coupled with a respective line of the plurality of lines, and the respective memory unit is further configured to receive a respective signal of the one or more signals via the interface so as to be individually selected by the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Dimin Niu, Lide Duan, Yuhao Wang, Xiaoxin Fan, Zhibin Xiao
  • Patent number: 11010242
    Abstract: A method of correcting a memory error of a dynamic random-access memory module (DRAM) using a double data rate (DDR) interface, the method includes conducting a memory transaction including multiple bursts with a memory controller to send data from data chips of the DRAM to the memory controller, detecting one or more errors using an ECC chip of the DRAM, determining a number of the bursts having the errors using the ECC chip of the DRAM, determining whether the number of the bursts having the errors is greater than a threshold number, determining a type of the errors, and directing the memory controller based on the determined type of the errors, wherein the DRAM includes a single ECC chip per memory channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dimin Niu, Mu-Tien Chang, Hongzhong Zheng, Hyun-Joong Kim, Won-hyung Song, Jangseok Choi
  • Publication number: 20210141735
    Abstract: A high bandwidth memory system. In some embodiments, the system includes: a memory stack having a plurality of memory dies and eight 128-bit channels; and a logic die, the memory dies being stacked on, and connected to, the logic die; wherein the logic die may be configured to operate a first channel of the 128-bit channels in: a first mode, in which a first 64 bits operate in pseudo-channel mode, and a second 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels, or a second mode, in which the first 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels, and the second 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Krishna T. MALLADI, Mu-Tien CHANG, Dimin NIU, Hongzhong ZHENG