US Patent Issued to MACRONIX International on April 21 for "In-memory bitwise operation circuit and method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,311, issued on April 21, was assigned to MACRONIX International Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"In-memory bitwise operation circuit and method thereof" was invented by Wen-Che Tsai (Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-memory bitwise operation circuit and method thereof are provided. The circuit includes a memory array, storing page data each having strings; a page buffer, storing the strings and selecting a portion of the strings as operands; a pop-count counter, receiving the operands and an operator flag, counting the number of bit 1 at corresponding bit positions of the operands, and generating a bitwise opera...