Sony patents chip design that moves data in two directions
Sony has filed a patent for a semiconductor device that uses a grid of data-transfer units to move information horizontally and vertically. A controller manages the connections between these units to allow data to flow in at least two directions.
In the filing’s own words
[Object] To make it possible to transfer data in at least two directions. [Solving Means] A semiconductor apparatus includes a plurality of first data-transfer groups each including first flip-flops that transfer data in a first direction, with first data-transfer groups of the plurality of first data-transfer groups being arranged in a second direction that intersects the first direction; a plurality of second data-transfer groups each including second flip-flops that transfer data in the second direction, with second data-transfer groups of the plurality of second data-transfer groups being arranged in the first direction; and a switch controller that performs individual switch control on a connection destination of an output terminal of each of the first flip-flops in the plurality of first data-transfer groups and on a connection destination of an output terminal of each of the second flip-flops in the plurality of second data-transfer groups.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A semiconductor apparatus, comprising: a plurality of first data-transfer groups each including first flip-flops that transfer data in a first direction, with first data-transfer groups of the plurality of first data-transfer groups being arranged in a second direction that intersects the first direction; a plurality of second data-transfer groups each including second flip-flops that transfer data in the second direction, with second data-transfer groups of the plurality of second data-transfer groups being arranged in the first direction; and a switch controller that performs individual switch control on a connection destination of an output terminal of each of the first flip-flops in the plurality of first data-transfer groups and on a connection destination of an output terminal of each of the second flip-flops in the plurality of second data-transfer groups.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION)
- Official title
- SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260313263A1
- Application number
- 19478726
- Filed
- Apr 11, 2024
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
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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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