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CIM crossbar accuracy and energy tradeoff
CIM Crossbar

Replay array size, ADC bits, conductance variation, accuracy proxy, and energy index for compute-in-memory crossbar intuition.

sectionExploresectionRun CardsectionExportsectionMethodssectionLimitssectionEvidence

EXPLORE

Start with the observable.

Use this page when the simulation is the primary artifact. The linked lesson explains the concept; the linked lab keeps the visual replay surface available.

guided exploration
  • Compare array size, ADC precision, and conductance variation instead of treating CIM as a single knob.
  • Watch accuracy proxy and energy index move in opposite directions.
  • Use the card to prepare for CrossSim, NeuroSim, or MNSIM study without copying those tools.

RUN CARD

Conditions before conclusions.

This page replays saved CIM surrogate data and does not run neural-network weights or analog-array solvers.

precomputed educational sweep

Primary knobs

  • Array size
  • ADC bits
  • Conductance sigma
outputs

Saved outputs

  • Accuracy proxy
  • Energy index
  • Accuracy-per-energy summary

EXPORT

Download the public artifacts.

These exports are the supported public files for review. PDK files and restricted third-party material are not redistributed.

download

Dataset JSON

/data/cim-crossbar-accuracy-energy-web-v1.json

Open file ->
download

Seed sweep summary CSV

/data/github-open-source-seed-sweep-summary.csv

Open file ->
download

Seed model script

/data/github_open_source_seed_sims.py

Open file ->
download

Seed model card

/data/github-open-source-seed-sims-model-card.md

Open file ->

METHODS

How the number was made.

Methods are written for citation discipline: the extraction rule matters as much as the plotted value.

method

Accuracy proxy subtracts IR-drop, quantization, and variation penalties from a normalized ideal.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

method

Energy index scales with array area and ADC precision.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

method

The best case is ranked by accuracy proxy divided by energy index.

Keep this method attached when reusing the figure or metric.

LIMITS

What this page does not claim.

The MVP is useful because the limits are visible. These statements prevent a teaching simulation from being cited as silicon evidence.

non-claim

No trained network, mapped weights, ADC circuit, wire parasitics, device drift, or workload benchmark is executed.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

non-claim

No accelerator performance, TOPS/W, or product claim is made.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

non-claim

Use CrossSim, NeuroSim, or MNSIM only after rights and model-boundary review.

Carry this boundary into any derivative note, paper draft, or slide.

EVIDENCE

Trace the claim back to artifacts.

The evidence route remains the catalog-level browser; this page is the simulation-level reading card.

evidence note

Seed sweep JSON records the array, ADC, variation, accuracy, and energy rows.

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evidence note

CSV export preserves the tradeoff table.

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evidence note

GitHub expedition marks CrossSim, NeuroSim, and MNSIM as external references.

SA-SEED-MEM-CIM-CROSSBAR-001

Public execution boundary

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