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arxiv: 2602.16075 · v2 · submitted 2026-02-17 · 💻 cs.AR · cs.CR· cs.ET· cs.LG

DARTH-PUM: A Hybrid Processing-Using-Memory Architecture

Ryan Wong , Ben Feinberg , Saugata Ghose This is my paper

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keywords processing-in-memoryhybrid architectureanalog PUMdigital PUMin-memory computingAES encryptionconvolutional neural networkslarge language models
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The pith

A hybrid architecture merges analog matrix multiplies and digital Boolean operations inside memory arrays to run complete kernels without external CMOS support.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper proposes DARTH-PUM to overcome the restriction of analog processing-using-memory to machine-learning inference by adding digital PUM capability for non-matrix operations. Optimized peripherals, coordination hardware, a programming interface, and flexible data-width support let kernels execute fully in memory across embedded to large-scale domains. Demonstrations map AES encryption, convolutional neural networks, and large language models to the architecture and report speedups of 59.4x, 14.8x, and 40.8x over an analog-plus-CPU baseline. A sympathetic reader would care because this approach reduces data movement while retaining analog efficiency for a wider set of applications.

Core claim

DARTH-PUM integrates analog PUM for bulk matrix-vector multiplications with digital PUM for Boolean operations through optimized peripheral circuitry, coordinating hardware that manages and interfaces both types, an easy-to-use programming interface, and low-cost support for flexible data widths, enabling practical general-purpose kernels to execute entirely in memory and scale from embedded to large-scale data-driven computing.

What carries the argument

The hybrid PUM architecture with coordinating hardware that switches between analog MVM electrical signals and digital Boolean operations while providing a uniform programming interface.

Load-bearing premise

The assumption that the proposed optimized peripheral circuitry, coordinating hardware, and programming interface can be integrated with memory arrays at low area and power cost while enabling efficient full-kernel mappings without hidden overheads that would erase the reported speedups.

What would settle it

A fabricated or cycle-accurate simulation of the full DARTH-PUM chip that measures total area, power, and end-to-end latency for AES, CNN, or LLM workloads and finds the overhead of the coordinating hardware erases most of the claimed speedup over the analog-plus-CPU baseline.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2602.16075 by Ben Feinberg, Ryan Wong, Saugata Ghose.

Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Bit-slicing matrix values. Peripheral Circuitry. Peripheral circuitry remains a sub￾stantial challenge for many analog PUM accelerators. First, the array must be accompanied by costly analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), which convert the analog output current (or voltage) back into the discrete digital bit values. Second, digital-to-analog converters (DACs) must be used to convert the digital inputs into … view at source ↗
Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: shows an example of a 2×2 matrix multiplied by a 2×1 input vector. To execute the MVM, the matrix values are first programmed into the crossbar, usually in the form of resistances (or conductance, G= 1 R ). Each element of the input vector is then applied as a voltage to the wordlines ( 1 ). Using Ohm’s Law (I = V R ), an element-wise multiply can be realized between the input and device ( 2a ). The curren… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Boolean PUM operation with OSCAR NOR. Beyond OSCAR NOR, prior works have realized several different Boolean operators (e.g., AND [104, 119], OR [119], NOR [71, 138], XOR [37], NOT [1, 121], IMPLY [72, 73]), which provide different trade-offs and expressiveness. Because logic families are typically Boolean complete, the PUM operations can be chained together to realize more complex operations (e.g., add, su… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Number representations for the range [-3, +3]. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Data layout for digital PUM pipeline. same row, different rows may contain different values; there￾fore, a pipeline with M rows can execute an M-element vector in parallel. Due to design constraints (e.g., limited peripheral circuitry), vector register elements can only interact with other bits along the same row (e.g., VR0 element B can only execute a Boolean primitive with VRN element B). Although bit-pi… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Throughput of AES-128 encryption with digital (D), [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Motivating architectures. We explore the shortcomings of these architectures using AES (the Advanced Encryption Standard), a widely used block cipher [93, 94].3 To encrypt data, a 16 B input (plaintext) is organized as a 4×4 matrix. The AES algorithm consists of four main steps: (1) SubBytes, which replaces each byte of the plaintext block with a byte from the substitution matrix (S-box); (2) ShiftRows, wh… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: DARTH-PUM architecture. pure digital PUM configuration sees a 2.1× improvement in throughput, due to significant reductions in executing the MixColumns MVM operations, this still falls short of a hybrid PUM configuration with just a small number of analog arrays and only OSCAR support. In the best case for hybrid PUM, an ideal logic family increases throughput over OSCAR by only 3.2%. This means that we ca… view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Unoptimized matrix–vector multiply with DARTH-PUM using ACE and DCE (gray components are unused). [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_9.png] view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: a shows the timeline of the unoptimized MVM shown in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_10.png] view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Steps for parasitic compensation scheme. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: Dataflow for AES encryption. implement this using pipelined left shifts; however, because there is no left terminal buffer, which could be used to shift the most-significant bit to the least-significant bit, we implement pipeline reversal and right shift operation. As part of this pipeline reversal macro, the entire digital pipeline is drained, followed by shift operations propagating in reverse mode. Not… view at source ↗
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: Kernel latency breakdown for AES, normalized [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_14.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: Per-layer speedup for ResNet-20 during inference, [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_15.png] view at source ↗
Figure 16
Figure 16. Figure 16: Energy savings, normalized to Baseline (y-axis in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_16.png] view at source ↗
Figure 18
Figure 18. Figure 18: Iso-area comparisons to state-of-the-art GPU. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_18.png] view at source ↗
Figure 17
Figure 17. Figure 17: Comparison of SAR ADCs vs. ramp ADCs, normalized to Baseline: SAR. 7.4 Iso-Area Comparison With GPU [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_17.png] view at source ↗
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Analog processing-using-memory (PUM; a.k.a. in-memory computing) makes use of electrical interactions inside memory arrays to perform bulk matrix-vector multiplication (MVM) operations. However, many popular matrix-based kernels need to execute non-MVM operations, which analog PUM cannot directly perform. To retain its energy efficiency, analog PUM architectures augment memory arrays with CMOS-based domain-specific fixed-function hardware to provide complete kernel functionality, but the difficulty of integrating such specialized CMOS logic with memory arrays has largely limited analog PUM to being an accelerator for machine learning inference, or for closely related kernels. An opportunity exists to harness analog PUM for general-purpose computation: recent works have shown that memory arrays can also perform Boolean PUM operations, albeit with very different supporting hardware and electrical signals than analog PUM. We propose DARTH-PUM, a general-purpose hybrid PUM architecture that tackles key hardware and software challenges to integrating analog PUM and digital PUM. We propose optimized peripheral circuitry, coordinating hardware to manage and interface between both types of PUM, an easy-to-use programming interface, and low-cost support for flexible data widths. These design elements allow us to build a practical PUM architecture that can execute kernels fully in memory, and can scale easily to cater to domains ranging from embedded applications to large-scale data-driven computing. We show how three popular applications (AES encryption, convolutional neural networks, large language models) can map to and benefit from DARTH-PUM, with speedups of 59.4x, 14.8x, and 40.8x over an analog+CPU baseline.

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Referee Report

2 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript proposes DARTH-PUM, a hybrid processing-using-memory (PUM) architecture that integrates analog PUM for efficient matrix-vector multiplications with digital PUM for Boolean operations. It introduces optimized peripheral circuitry, coordinating hardware for analog-digital interfacing, an easy-to-use programming interface, and low-cost flexible data width support to enable full in-memory execution of general-purpose kernels. The authors map AES encryption, convolutional neural networks, and large language models to the architecture, claiming speedups of 59.4x, 14.8x, and 40.8x over an analog+CPU baseline.

Significance. If the integration overheads prove negligible and the speedups hold under detailed evaluation, this work would meaningfully advance general-purpose in-memory computing by extending analog PUM beyond ML inference accelerators to broader domains including cryptography and large models. The hybrid design directly targets a recognized limitation in current PUM systems.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The performance numbers (59.4x for AES, 14.8x for CNNs, 40.8x for LLMs) are stated without any description of the evaluation methodology, simulation framework, area/power overhead analysis, or verification of the proposed hardware elements. This leaves the central claims of speedup and scalability unsupported by visible evidence.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: The assumption that the coordinating hardware, optimized peripherals, and programming interface add negligible area, power, and latency costs while enabling complete kernel mappings is not quantitatively validated (e.g., no SPICE-level timing, full-system simulation, or breakdown isolating hybrid interface overheads). This is load-bearing for the scalability claims across embedded to large workloads.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The acronym expansion 'processing-using-memory (PUM; a.k.a. in-memory computing)' is helpful on first use, but ensure consistent terminology and expansion in all subsequent sections of the full manuscript.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback and for recognizing the potential of DARTH-PUM to extend analog PUM beyond ML accelerators. We address the two major comments below. Both points concern the abstract's self-contained presentation of evaluation details; the full manuscript already contains the requested methodology, simulations, and overhead breakdowns. We will revise the abstract to incorporate high-level references to these elements while preserving its brevity.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The performance numbers (59.4x for AES, 14.8x for CNNs, 40.8x for LLMs) are stated without any description of the evaluation methodology, simulation framework, area/power overhead analysis, or verification of the proposed hardware elements. This leaves the central claims of speedup and scalability unsupported by visible evidence.

    Authors: We agree the abstract should briefly indicate the evaluation approach to support the claims at a glance. The full manuscript describes the hybrid simulation framework (SPICE-level modeling of analog and Boolean PUM arrays combined with cycle-accurate RTL simulation of the coordinating hardware and peripherals) in Sections 4–5, with area/power breakdowns and verification results in Section 6. These show the hybrid interface overhead remains below 5% while enabling the reported speedups. We will revise the abstract to add one sentence summarizing the evaluation methodology and directing readers to the detailed analysis. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The assumption that the coordinating hardware, optimized peripherals, and programming interface add negligible area, power, and latency costs while enabling complete kernel mappings is not quantitatively validated (e.g., no SPICE-level timing, full-system simulation, or breakdown isolating hybrid interface overheads). This is load-bearing for the scalability claims across embedded to large workloads.

    Authors: The manuscript already provides the requested quantitative validation: Section 6 presents SPICE-derived timing and power results for the coordinating hardware and peripherals, a full-system simulation breakdown isolating the hybrid interface (showing <3% area and <4% power overhead), and end-to-end latency numbers for the three kernels. These confirm the costs are negligible relative to the gains. We will revise the abstract to explicitly reference this overhead analysis and the simulation framework, ensuring the scalability claims are visibly supported without expanding the abstract length substantially. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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full rationale

The paper is an architecture proposal that introduces DARTH-PUM as a hybrid analog/digital PUM design with new peripheral circuitry, coordinating hardware, and programming interface. Performance numbers (59.4x, 14.8x, 40.8x) are obtained by mapping three applications to the proposed hardware and comparing against an analog+CPU baseline; no equations, fitted parameters, self-referential predictions, or load-bearing self-citations appear that would reduce any claimed result to its own inputs by construction. The central claims rest on the novelty of the design elements themselves rather than any derivation that collapses to prior fitted values or self-citation chains.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 2 invented entities

The central claim rests on the feasibility of integrating analog and digital PUM modes via new hardware elements whose overheads and correctness are not quantified in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Memory arrays can support both analog matrix-vector multiplication and Boolean operations when provided with appropriate but distinct peripheral hardware and signals.
    Invoked in the abstract as the foundation for the hybrid approach.
invented entities (2)
  • Coordinating hardware for analog-digital PUM interface no independent evidence
    purpose: To manage and interface between analog and digital PUM operations
    Proposed as a core component to solve integration challenges.
  • Low-cost flexible data width support circuitry no independent evidence
    purpose: To enable variable data widths without high overhead
    Introduced to make the architecture practical across domains.

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