Analysis of Conductance Variability in RRAM for Accurate Neuromorphic Computing
Résumé
While Resistive RRAM (RRAM) offers attractive
features for artificial neural networks (NN) such as low power
operation and high-density, its conductance variation can pose
significant challenges when the storage of synaptic weights is
concerned. This paper reports an experimental evaluation of the
conductance variations of manufactured RRAMs at the memory
array level. Working at the memory array level allows to catch
cycle-to-cycle (C2C) as well as device-to-device (D2D) variability
and, hence, to propose a realistic evaluation of the conductance
variation. Variability is evaluated with respect to the RRAM low
resistance state (LRS) and high resistance state (HRS)
conductance ratio. This ratio is selected as the parameter of
interest as it guarantees the proper operation of the RRAM: the
larger the ratio, the more reliable and robust the RRAM cell is
in storing and retrieving data. The measurement results show
that the conductance ratio is heavily affected by variability.
Large spatial and temporal variations are reported, making
challenging RRAM-based analog weight storage.
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