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Samsung patents chip that searches vector databases near memory

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has filed a patent for a system where a main computer asks a specialized chip to search a large collection of data points called a vector database. This chip, known as a process near memory device, performs the search calculations close to the data storage to speed up the process and sends the results back to the main computer.

Why it mattersThis design could make it faster to find similar items in large datasets, which is useful for features like image recognition or personalized recommendations.

In the filing’s own words

The present disclosure provides a search method, a host, and a process near memory (PNM) apparatus, and a host storage system. The search method, when executed by a host may include calling a process near memory (PNM) apparatus to perform a search-related computation on a vector dataset in a vector database; and receiving a result associated with the search-related computation from the PNM apparatus. The search method, when executed by a PNM apparatus may include performing a search-related computation on a vector dataset in a vector database in response to receiving a calling instruction from a host; and returning a result associated with the search-related computation to the host after completion of the search-related computation.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A search method, executed by at least one processor of a host, the method comprising: calling a process near memory (PNM) apparatus to perform a search-related computation on a vector dataset in a vector database; and receiving a result associated with the search-related computation from the PNM apparatus.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
SEARCH METHOD, HOST AND PROCESS NEAR MEMORY APPARATUS
Publication number
US20260319665A1
Application number
19199905
Filed
May 6, 2025
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
17

Classified under

G06F 3/0613 Physics & computingG06F 3/0659 Physics & computingG06F 3/0679 Physics & computing
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