UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Many emerging and future electronics applications require large amounts of digital signal processing, and operate with very limited power budgets. Examples include: many types of wireless communications, medical imaging such as ultrasound, sensor networks, and portable multimedia devices. A very promising solution for the processing of these workloads is a single-chip platform containing one thousand or more simple and highly-efficient programmable processors.
The goals of this project are to: develop architectural hardware concepts and software tools that enable high-performance and energy-efficient computational platforms, introduce results into several courses at UC Davis, and make results and tools widely and easily available to other researchers.
In particular, the project goals will be achieved by exploring: 1) novel inter-processor connection topologies and processor shapes, 2) new algorithms for mapping large collections of software tasks onto processor arrays, 3) specialized hardware processors for common tasks, and 4) architectures for efficient shared and configurable memories. The PIs are active in several campus-wide and national organizations that work to attract and retain members of under-represented groups to engage in research and complete graduate degrees in science and engineering. Research effort and results will be instrumental in the cross-disciplinary training of future scientists and engineers in the design of massive processing arrays.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0903549 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$317,000 |
Project Location - City |
Davis |
| Award Date |
08/03/2009 |
Project Location - State |
CA |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
95616-5270
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| Jobs Reported |
0.00 |
Congressional District |
03 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
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Recipient Name
|
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
047120084
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| Recipient Address |
1850 RESEARCH PARK DR, STE 300 |
| Recipient City |
DAVIS |
| Recipient State |
California |
| Recipient Zip |
95618-6134 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
03 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Architectures for Highly-Efficient 1000+ Core Chips for Compute and Data-Intensive Applications |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Universities |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
Funded students are continuing the effort and making strong progress. The portion of the project concerning novel processor shapes and interconnection topologies has been completed and publications are being submitted to a conference and a journal. A paper submitted to IEEE VLSI-SoC was recently accepted. A paper submitted to IEEE Transactions on VLSI received a favorable first review and the second version is now in review.
Work on memory systems is progressing very nicely as well as work on novel inter-processor routers.
One Ph.D. student graduated Fall 2012 and is now working as a key designer in a startup company in Silicon Valley. A second Ph.D. student graduated in December 2012 and is now a key designer in a large fast-paced Silicon Valley company. |
| Jobs Created |
0.00 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
Graduate Research Students 3 |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
08/03/2009 |
| Award Number |
0903549 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$317,000 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$261,534 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$261,534 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
B43 - NTEE |
| Activity Description |
Universities |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
11 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$10,295 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
38º 32' 26",
-121º 44' 50" |
| Congressional District |
03 |
| Address 1 |
One Shields Avenue |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Davis |
| County |
Yolo |
| State |
CA |
| Zip |
95616-5270 |
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