Special Lecture by Prof. Dennis Sylvester (University of Michigan)

Professor Dennis Sylvester visited our group on June 12.
He gave a seminar talk at the Research Bldg. No.8, Kyoto University.

Speaker: Prof. Dennis Sylvester (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
      http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~dennis/

Title: Ultra Low Power System Design Challenges and Solutions

Abstract: This talk describes a design approach that focuses on
system-level energy minimization to achieve nanowatt-level complete
microsystems. Starting with proper technology selection, the approach
systematically targets power minimization in critical design building
blocks including timers, memories, processors, and interface circuits.
Near-threshold circuits are a key element in designing such ultra-low
power blocks and the state of the art in ultra-low power design of
these components will be reviewed, while areas requiring further
reductions will be highlighted. Finally, the feasibility of major
(order of magnitude) advances in low power circuits to enable energy
autonomous microsystems will be briefly discussed, including
technology-circuit co-optimization and accelerator-based design.

Bio: Dennis Sylvester received a PhD from the University of
California, Berkeley and is Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has
published over 350 articles along with one book and several book
chapters and holds 16 US patents. His research interests include the
design of millimeter-scale computing systems and energy efficient
near-threshold computing for a range of applications. He is
co-founder of Ambiq Micro, a fabless semiconductor company developing
ultra-low power mixed-signal solutions for compact wireless devices.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

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