CRII: CSR: End-to-End Approach to Ultra-Low Power IoT: From New Nanotechnologies to New System Architectures

CRII：CSR：超低功耗物联网的端到端方法：从新纳米技术到新系统架构

基本信息

批准号：
1657303
负责人：
Max Shulaker
金额：
$ 17.5万
依托单位：
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-02-15 至 2019-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1657303&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
CRII CSR End Approach Ultra

项目摘要

While massively distributed sensing and computing nodes - forming the Internet of Things (IoT) - promise to revolutionize our lives, their demands on computing performance and energy efficiency far exceed the capabilities of today's electronics. Moreover, conventional approaches to improve computing systems are yielding diminishing returns. Rather, coordinated advances across the entire computing stack are required. In this proposal, we leverage the unique properties of emerging nanotechnologies to realize both energy-efficient devices as well as novel energy-efficient computing system architectures that are not possible to realize with today's silicon-based systems. This work forms the foundation to build and test hardware prototypes of next-generation IoT computing systems that are radically different than today's systems, encompassing both new technologies and new system architectures.The technical objectives are to use emerging nanotechnologies for logic (1D and 2D nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes) and memory (non-volatile memories, such as RRAM) to realize monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits targeting IoT applications. Initial work focuses on addressing the feasibility of realizing these future systems, by developing combined processing and circuit design techniques to overcome the major challenges of imperfections inherent in these emerging nanotechnologies. Simultaneously, the large architectural design space for monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits is being explored, optimized for IoT applications. This architectural design space includes the emerging nanotechnologies that are simultaneously being developed. Due to these advances, we are designing and fabricating the first hardware demonstration of a future IoT system leveraging emerging nanotechnologies.

虽然形成物联网 (IoT) 的大规模分布式传感和计算节点有望彻底改变我们的生活，但它们对计算性能和能源效率的要求远远超出了当今电子产品的能力。此外，改进计算系统的传统方法正在产生收益递减。相反，需要整个计算堆栈的协调进步。在该提案中，我们利用新兴纳米技术的独特特性来实现当今硅基系统无法实现的节能设备以及新颖的节能计算系统架构。这项工作为构建和测试下一代物联网计算系统的硬件原型奠定了基础，这些系统与当今的系统截然不同，涵盖新技术和新系统架构。技术目标是使用新兴的逻辑纳米技术（一维和二维纳米材料），如碳纳米管）和存储器（非易失性存储器，如RRAM），以实现针对物联网应用的单片三维集成电路。初步工作的重点是解决实现这些未来系统的可行性，通过开发组合处理和电路设计技术来克服这些新兴纳米技术固有缺陷的主要挑战。同时，正在探索单片三维集成电路的大型架构设计空间，并针对物联网应用进行优化。该建筑设计空间包括同时开发的新兴纳米技术。由于这些进步，我们正在设计和制造利用新兴纳米技术的未来物联网系统的第一个硬件演示。