Functional Oxide Reconfigurable Technologies (FORTE): A Programme Grant

功能性氧化物可重构技术 (FORTE)：一项计划资助

基本信息

批准号：
EP/R024642/2
负责人：
Themis Prodromakis
金额：
$ 300.04万
依托单位：
University of Edinburgh
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FR024642%2F2
关键词：
Functional Oxide Reconfigurable Technologies FORTE

项目摘要

Our vision is to rejuvenate modern electronics by developing and enabling a new approach to electronic systems where reconfigurability, scalability, operational flexibility/resilience, power efficiency and cost-effectiveness are combined. This vision will be delivered by breaking out of the large, but comprehensively explored realm of CMOS technology upon which virtually all modern electronics are based; consumer and non-consumer alike.Introducing novel nanoelectronic components never before used in the technology we all carry around in our phones will introduce new capabilities that have thus far been unattainable due to the limitations of current hardware technology. The resulting improved capability of engineers to squeeze more computational power in ever smaller areas at ever lower power costs will unlock possibilities such as: a) truly pervasive Internet-of-Things computing where minute sensors consuming nearly zero power monitor the world around us and inform our choices, b) truly smart implants that within extremely limited power and size budgets can not only interface with the brain, but also process that data in a meaningful way and send the results either onwards to e.g. a doctor, or even feed it back into the brain for further processing, c) radiation-resistant electronics to be deployed in satellites and aeroplanes, civilian and military and improve communication reliability while driving down maintenance costs.In building this vision, our project will deliver a series of scientific and commercial objectives: i) Developing the foundations of nanoelectronic component (memristive) technologies to the point where it becomes a commercially available option for the general industrial designer. ii) Setting up a fully supported (models, tools, design rules etc.), end-to-end design infrastructure so that anyone with access to industry standard software used for electronics design today may utilise memristive technology in their design. iii) Introduce a new design paradigm where memristive technologies are intimately integrated with traditional analogue and digital circuitry in order to deliver performance unattainable by any in isolation. This includes designing primitive hardware modules that can act as building-blocks for higher level designs, allowing engineers to construct large-scale systems without worrying about the intricate details of memristor operation. iv) Actively foster a community of users, encouraged to explore potential commercial impact and further scientific development stemming from our work whilst feeding back into the project through e.g. collaborations. v) Start early by beginning to commercialise the most mature aspects of the proposed research as soon as possible in order to create jobs in the UK. Vast translational opportunities exist via: a) The direct commercialisation of project outcomes, specifically developed applications (prove in lab, then obtain venture capital funding and commercialise), b) The generation of novel electronic designs (IP / design bureau model; making the UK a global design centre for memristive technology-based electronics) and c) Selling tools developed to help accelerate the project (instrumentation, CAD and supporting software). Our team (academic and industry) is ideally placed for delivering this disruptive vision that will allow our society to efficiently expand the operational envelope of electronics, enabling its use in formidable environments as well as reuse or re-purpose electronics affordably.

我们的愿景是通过开发和实现一种新的电子系统方法来振兴现代电子产品，其中结合了可重新配置性、可扩展性、操作灵活性/弹性、功效和成本效益。这一愿景将通过突破 CMOS 技术这一庞大但全面探索的领域来实现，几乎所有现代电子产品都是基于 CMOS 技术。引入以前从未在我们手机所携带的技术中使用过的新型纳米电子元件，将带来由于当前硬件技术的限制而迄今为止无法实现的新功能。由此，工程师能够以更低的功耗在更小的区域中获得更多的计算能力，这将带来多种可能性，例如：a) 真正普及的物联网计算，其中功耗几乎为零的微小传感器可以监控我们周围的世界并提供信息我们的选择，b）真正的智能植入物，在极其有限的功率和尺寸预算内，不仅可以与大脑交互，而且可以以有意义的方式处理数据并将结果发送到例如大脑。医生，甚至将其反馈回大脑进行进一步处理，c）将抗辐射电子设备部署在卫星和飞机、民用和军用设备中，提高通信可靠性，同时降低维护成本。在实现这一愿景的过程中，我们的项目将实现一系列科学和商业目标： i) 开发纳米电子元件（忆阻）技术的基础，使其成为一般工业设计师的商业选择。 ii) 建立完全支持的（模型、工具、设计规则等）、端到端设计基础设施，以便任何能够访问当今用于电子设计的行业标准软件的人都可以在其设计中利用忆阻技术。 iii) 引入一种新的设计范式，其中忆阻技术与传统的模拟和数字电路紧密集成，以提供任何孤立技术都无法实现的性能。这包括设计可以充当更高级别设计构建块的原始硬件模块，使工程师能够构建大型系统，而无需担心忆阻器操作的复杂细节。 iv) 积极培育用户社区，鼓励探索我们工作中潜在的商业影响和进一步的科学发展，同时通过例如合作。 v) 尽早开始，尽快将拟议研究中最成熟的方面商业化，以便在英国创造就业机会。通过以下方式存在巨大的转化机会：a）项目成果的直接商业化，专门开发的应用程序（在实验室中证明，然后获得风险投资资金并商业化），b）新颖的电子设计的产生（IP /设计局模型；使英国基于忆阻技术的电子产品的全球设计中心）以及 c) 销售为帮助加速项目而开发的工具（仪器、CAD 和支持软件）。我们的团队（学术界和工业界）处于实现这一颠覆性愿景的理想位置，该愿景将使我们的社会能够有效地扩展电子产品的操作范围，使其能够在恶劣的环境中使用，并以经济实惠的方式重复使用或重新利用电子产品。