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DATE: 12-1:30PM June 26, 2015         LOCATION: E5-03-23 (Engineering Blk E5, Faculty of Engineering, NUS) @ NUS campus (map) TITLE: From Nanodevices to Nanosystems: Carbon Nanotube N3XT Information Technology ABSTRACTCarbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors (CNFETs) can revolutionize the design of highly energy-efficient future electronic systems. Unfortunately, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) face major obstacles such as substantial imperfections and variations inherent […]

DATE: 2-3:30PM June 23, 2015        LOCATION: E5-03-23 (Engineering Blk E5, Faculty of Engineering, NUS) @ NUS campus (map)TITLE: Approximate Computing for Energy-efficient Error-resilient Multimedia Systems ABSTRACTIn today’s world there is an explosive growth in digital information content. Moreover, there is also a rapid increase in the number of users of multimedia applications related to image and video processing, recognition, […]

DATE: 1-2PM Dec. 11, 2014         LOCATION: E5-03-20 (Engineering Blk E5, Faculty of Engineering, NUS) @ NUS campus (map) TITLE: Design and Testing Strategies for Modular 3D-Multiprocessor / Memory Systems Integration Using Die-level TSV Technology ABSTRACT This talk offers a broad overview on 3D integration technologies, and also provides some outline / insight concerning architectural design implications. […]

The book “Flip-Flop Design in Nanometer CMOS” has been published by Springer and is now available at http://www.springer.com/engineering/circuits+%26+systems/book/978-3-319-01996-3

Prof. Alioto’s talk at HotChips 2014 summarizes the current state of the art and provides technology directions for ultra-low power VLSI design for the Internet of Things. The video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WDQepWIs9A#t=2974.

The vision of Prof. Alioto on the Internet of Things has been featured in the PC World magazine, which is a popular global publication and the largest-circulation computing magazine in the world with millions of readers. The article can be found at http://www.pcworld.com/article/2463500/energy-harvested-from-body-environment-could-power-wearables-iot-devices.html.

Collaboration with Prof. David Blaauw and Prof. Dennis Sylvester (Umich) led to the work that we presented at ISSCC 2014.Our 28-nm chip demonstrates the absolutely first SRAM that can flexibly operate in error-free (traditional) or error-tolerant (errors occur, although in a controlled way) mode with dynamic and wide adjustment of the energy-quality tradeoff. This is […]

Collaboration with Prof. Jan Rabaey (UCBerkeley) led to a new paper that will be published on the IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems. To probe further: E. Consoli, G. Palumbo, J. Rabaey, M. Alioto, “A Novel Class of Energy-Efficient Very High-Speed Conditional Push-Pull Pulsed Latches,” in print on IEEE Trans. on VLSI Systems. Abstract: In this paper, […]

Collaboration with Prof. Jan Rabaey (UCBerkeley) leads to a new paper that will be published on the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits on the August special issue. To probe further: Massimo Alioto, Elio Consoli, Jan Rabaey, ““EChO” Reconfigurable Power Management Unit for Energy Reduction in Sleep-Active Transitions,” in print on JSSC, Aug. 2013. Abstract: A novel reconfigurable switched-capacitor […]