Samsung patents memory chip that checks and organizes data
Samsung has patented a device that sits next to computer memory to handle specific data tasks. It includes specialized parts that find data locations, check for duplicate files, and search through organized data structures.
In the filing’s own words
A near memory processing device, a processor and a data processing method are provided. The near memory processing device includes a memory, and a calculation core. The calculation core includes a block trace core that determines an address of a first target data block from the memory based on receiving an indirect block parse request from a processor, and calculates a checksum of a second target data block and write the calculated checksum to the memory based on receiving a checksum update request from the processor, a deduplication table search core that performs deduplication table search processing based on receiving a deduplication table query request from the processor to determine whether a third target data block exists in the memory, and a tree traverse core that traverses a range tree in the memory based on receiving a range tree query request from the processor to determine a target node corresponding to the range tree query request.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A near memory processing device, comprising: a memory; and a calculation core comprising: a block trace core configured to receive, from a processor external to the near memory processing device, an indirect block parse request and a checksum update request, determine an address of a first target data block from the memory based on the indirect block parse request, and calculate a checksum of a second target data block and write the calculated checksum to the memory based on the checksum update request; a deduplication table search core configured to receive, from the processor, a deduplication table query request, and perform deduplication table search processing based on the deduplication table query request to determine whether a third target data block exists in the memory; and a tree traverse core configured to receive, from the processor, a range tree query request, and traverse a range tree in the memory based on the range tree query request to determine a target node corresponding to the range tree query request.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Near memory processing device, processor and data processing method
- Patent number
- US12769706B2
- Application number
- 19213127
- Filed
- May 20, 2025
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 16/1748 Physics & computingG06F 16/152 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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