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启用一种新的方法来恢复现代电子产品，以合并可重构，可伸缩性，操作灵活性/弹性，功率效率和成本效益的新方法。该愿景将通过从大型但全面探索的CMOS技术领域中脱颖而出来实现。消费者和非消费者都一样。引入到我们所有人在手机中携带的技术中从未使用过的小说纳米电子组件将引入迄今为止由于当前硬件技术的局限性而无法实现的新功能。工程师在较小的较小区域以较低的功率成本挤压更多的计算能力的提高能力将释放出可能性，例如：a）真正普遍存在的多种元素计算机，其中微小传感器几乎消耗的零功率可以监控我们周围的世界并为我们的选择提供信息，b）真正的智能植入物在极有限的预算中与大脑相互交流，但要么可以使数据与数据相互访问，并且可以使数据与aeg and a ELLECTION一起互动。 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工业设计师。 ii）建立一个完全支持的（型号，工具，设计规则等），端到端设计基础架构，以便任何拥有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Memristive技术。 iii）引入了一种新的设计范式，其中熟悉的技术与传统的模拟和数字电路紧密整合在一起，以使任何孤立的绩效无法实现。这包括设计原始硬件模块，可以充当更高级别设计的建筑块，从而使工程师能够构建大型系统，而不必担心Memristor操作的复杂细节。 iv）积极培养一个用户社区，鼓励探索潜在的商业影响和进一步的科学发展，从我们的工作中引起了我们的工作，同时通过例如通过例如。协作。 v）早期开始，尽快开始商业化拟议研究的最成熟方面，以便在英国创造就业机会。 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).我们的团队（学术和行业）非常适合提供这种破坏性的愿景，这将使我们的社会能够有效地扩展电子产品的运营信封，从而使其在强大的环境中使用以及可重复使用或重新使用电子设备。