Circuit Design and Hardware/Software Co-Design

New perspectives on circuit design and the interactions of hardware and software will have important implications, not just for semiconductors, but the nature of computing.

Current Research:

  • Novel materials, high-speed terahertz, and far infrared devices; computer assisted design (CAD) tools for mixed analog/digital integrated circuits (ICs) and wide band gap semiconductor materials and devices
  • Parallel circuit simulation; parallel static timing analysis; codesign of extreme-scale systems; modeling and simulation of next-generation neuromorphic processors using spintronic devices
  • Domain-specific architecture and system design for AI and Machine Learning with emphasis on near-data processing, in-network processing, and co-optimized design using approximate / low-precision computing
  • Rethinking the computing system software/hardware design by distributing computing capability across CPU, memory, and storage devices, and its implication to mainstream applications (e.g., AI/ML, data analytics)

Faculty

Mona Hella
Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Research Expertise:
ImmWave/THz IC, interface circuits for energy, and bio applications
Liu Liu
Assistant Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Research Expertise:
Computer architecture and systems
Tong Zhang
Professor, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
Research Expertise:
Computer systems
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