{"675050":{"#nid":"675050","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kwak Receives ISCAS Grant for Novel Power-Efficient Memory Design for Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) Ph.D. candidate Jungyoun Kwak received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2024.ieee-iscas.org\/\u0022\u003EInternational Symposium on Circuits and Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (ISCAS) Pre-doctoral Grant for his groundbreaking research titled, \u0022Monolithic 3D Transposable 3T Embedded DRAM with Back-end-of-line Oxide Channel Transistor,\u0022 at the 2024 IEEE ISCAS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper introduces an innovative design for a high-density, power-efficient 3T embedded dynamic random-access memory (eDRAM) with the back-end-of-line (BEOL) compatible\u0026nbsp;tungsten-doped indium oxide (IWO) channel transistor. This novel architecture incorporates both near-memory computing (NMC) and in-memory computing (IMC) capabilities within a single array.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed 3T IWO eDRAM offers remarkable advantages, including significantly reducing the area needed for in-memory computing. This is achieved through condensed design and leveraging monolithic 3D integration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIWO channel transistors also substantially improve data retention compared to traditional solutions due to low sub-threshold leakage, making it an excellent candidate for last-level cache and parallel computing in next-generation computing systems. This will allow for a reduction in energy consumption, while performing data-intensive processes, such as artificial intelligence (AI) computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research is supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/chimes\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (CHIMES) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/prism\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory\u003C\/a\u003E (PRISM), operating under the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/\u0022\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation\u003C\/a\u003E (SRC)\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.src.org\/program\/jump2\/\u0022\u003EJoint University Microelectronics Program 2.0\u003C\/a\u003E (JUMP 2.0), in collaboration with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/\u0022\u003EDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u003C\/a\u003E (DARPA).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grant is awarded to 10 Ph.D. candidates, facilitating the mobility for them to conduct interdisciplinary research at another research department. The recognition of Kwak\u2019s research also further acknowledges the potential of monolithic 3D integration to extend Moore\u0027s Law and address the ever-increasing computational demands of emerging technologies like AI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKwak is a member of ECE Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/shimeng-yu\u0022\u003EShimeng Yu\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/shimeng.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELaboratory for Emerging Devices and Circuits\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research group\u0027s primary focus is to overcome the limitations of conventional 2D scaling in integrated circuits by vertically stacking circuit components using emerging devices in 3D monolithic integration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ECE Ph.D. candidate was one of 10 people to receive the grant. The design aims to reduce energy consumption when performing power-intensive processes, like AI computing.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE Ph.D. candidate was one of 10 people to receive the grant. The design aims to reduce energy consumption when performing power-intensive processes, like AI computing."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-06-07 16:59:46","changed_gmt":"2024-06-07 17:08:46","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674157":{"id":"674157","type":"image","title":"Kwak.jpg","body":null,"created":"1717779601","gmt_created":"2024-06-07 17:00:01","changed":"1717779601","gmt_changed":"2024-06-07 17:00:01","alt":"Jungyoun Kwak ","file":{"fid":"257635","name":"Kwak.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/07\/Kwak.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/07\/Kwak.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1321451,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/07\/Kwak.jpg?itok=k9VbgaJE"}}},"media_ids":["674157"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"193773","name":"ISCAS"},{"id":"2634","name":"grant"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"1228","name":"memory"},{"id":"193774","name":"eDRAM"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}