Apparatuses and methods for performing logical operations using sensing circuitry

1. A system, comprising:

a memory device;

a host coupled to the memory device and configured to provide an instruction to the memory device to perform a logical operation using sensing circuitry comprising a sense amplifier and a compute component coupled to a column of an array of memory cells; and

wherein the memory device is configured to provide control signals to the sensing circuitry to perform the logical operation by using a first data value on a sense line corresponding to the column at a first point in time as a first input and a second data value on the sense line at a second point in time as a second input.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sense amplifier comprises a first latch and the compute component comprises a second latch.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory device comprises a controller configured to provide control signals to the sensing circuitry to perform the logical operation without activating a column decode signal.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the host comprises a processor.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory device comprises a controller configured to cause a result of the logical operation to be transferred from the sense amplifier and/or the compute component external to the sensing circuitry and the array.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory device comprises a controller local to the memory device, and wherein the host is external to the memory device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first input and the second input are provided to the memory device from the host.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the logical operation is a non-Boolean operation.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sense line is a first sense line of a pair of complementary sense lines corresponding to the column, and wherein the compute component comprises:

a first pass transistor coupled to the first sense line and a second pass transistor coupled to a second sense line of the pair of complementary sense lines;

a first n-channel transistor of a pair of cross coupled n-channel transistors coupled to the first pass transistor and a second n-channel transistor of the pair of cross coupled n-channel transistors coupled to the second pass transistor;

a first p-channel transistor of a pair of cross coupled p-channel transistors coupled to the first pass transistor and a second p-channel transistor of the pair of cross coupled p-channel transistors coupled to the second pass transistor;

a first pull down transistor coupled to the first sense line and a second pull down transistor coupled to the second sense line;

a third pull down transistor coupled the first pull down transistor and to a gate of the second n-channel transistor, which is coupled to a gate of the second p-channel transistor; and

a fourth pull down transistor coupled to the second pull down transistor and to a gate of the first n-channel transistor, which is coupled to a gate of the first p-channel transistor.

10. A method of operating a system, the method comprising:

providing an instruction to a memory device; and

executing, on the memory device, the instruction to perform a logical operation using sensing circuitry comprising a sense amplifier and a compute component coupled to a column of an array of memory cells; and

wherein performing the logical operation comprises providing control signals to the sensing circuitry to perform the logical operation by using a first data value on a sense line corresponding to the column at a first point in time as a first input and a second data value on the sense line at a second point in time as a second input.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing the instruction to the memory device from an external processing resource.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the external processing resource is a host processor.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing the control signals to the sensing circuitry from a controller local to the memory device.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the array comprises a plurality of columns each corresponding to a pair of complementary sense lines, wherein the sensing circuitry comprises a sense amplifier and corresponding compute component for each respective one of the plurality of columns, and wherein the method further comprises controlling the sensing circuitry to perform a plurality of logical operations in parallel, the plurality of logical operations being a same quantity as the plurality of columns.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising performing the logical operation without activating a column decode line corresponding to the column.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising performing the logical operation without transferring data from the array and/or sensing circuitry via input/output lines of the array.

17. A system, comprising:

sensing circuitry comprising:

a sense amplifier coupled to a pair of complementary sense lines of an array of memory cells;

a compute component comprising a latch configured to serve as an accumulator and coupled to the sense amplifier via a pair of pass transistors; and

a controller configured to provide signals to the sensing circuitry in association with performing a compute function that comprises performing a logical operation on a data value represented by a signal on at least one of the pair of complementary sense lines.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the compute component comprises a plurality of transistors formed on pitch with memory cells corresponding to a column of the array.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the system is a computing system comprising a host coupled to a memory device comprising the controller and the sensing circuitry.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the memory device is configured to perform the logical operation in association with executing an instruction received from the host.