Announced recently, SK hynix, have developed a computing functions for the next generation of memory semiconductor technology "PIM (processing - in - the memory, memory processing)".

So far, the semiconductor is responsible for saving data storage, rather than the storage of semiconductor (such as CPU or GPU) is responsible for processing data are widely cognitive. Nonetheless, SK hynix is still active in the field of a new generation of intelligent storage grope for innovation, and then for the first time in the related research achievements in the field of public company.

SK hynix plan at the end of February in ISSCC (international conference on solid state circuit) conference PIM chip technology development efforts. With the continuous development of PIM technology, SK hynix expect storage semiconductor in smartphones and other ICT products play a more central role, even in the future to achieve "storage center calculation (the Memory Centric Computing)".

SK hynix also developed the company's first product GDDR6 - AiM based on the technology of PIM (memory) accelerator samples. GDDR6 - the AiM is to calculate function is added to the data transmission speed of 16 GBPS GDDR6 memory products. Compared with the traditional DRAM, will be GDDR6 - AiM combined with CPU and GPU system, which can improve the calculation speed in particular computing environment to a maximum of 16 times. GDDR6 - AiM is expected to be in machine learning, high-performance computing, big data computing and storage, and other fields have a wide range of applications.

GDDR6 - the AiM of the working voltage of 1.25 V, lower than GDDR6 memory standard working voltage (1.35 V). The PIM applications is also reduced with the CPU, GPU, data transmission, which reduces the energy consumption of CPU and GPU, whereby GDDR6 - AiM successfully make power consumption reduced by 80%.