
{"id":31,"date":"2014-12-15T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2018-10-02T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T11:19:15","slug":"ultra-low-energy-processor-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/research\/ultra-low-energy-processor-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Low Energy Processor Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]As its name states, energy minimization is the key goal of this group. From piko Joule RISC processors to multi gigahertz application processors, from video coders through security applications and Internet-of-Things to LTE acceleration, the group tackles a wide range of use-cases. The utmost goal is always to operate at the energy-minimum point all the way down to subthreshold voltages.<\/p>\n<p>The toolbox here is transistor-level design, from novel library cells to DC-DC converters. The device-level knowledge is then applied to enable novel processing architectures, algorithms, and use-cases in creating true vertical energy minimization possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The group is always looking for new students. If you are interested in novel possibilities of electronic gadgets enabled by dust-mote sized devices and eternal batteries, please contact us.<\/p>\n<h3>Projects<\/h3>\n<p>Current<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/project\/fitoptivis\/\">FitOptiVis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Completed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Almarvi\" href=\"http:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/project\/almarvi\/\">Almarvi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"MepMic\" href=\"http:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/project\/mepmic\/\">MepMic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NeuCom\" href=\"http:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/project\/neucom\/\">NeuCom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ask more<\/h3>\n<p><style><\/style><div class=\"staff-member-listing ultra-low-energy-processor-design-contact\"><div class=\"staff-member even  last\">\r\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/lauri_koskinen.jpg\" title=\"Lauri Koskinen : Senior Research Fellow, Adjunct prof. of Nanoelectronics and Integrated Digital Systems Design\" id=\"lauri-koskinen\">\r\n\t<div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap\">\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Lauri Koskinen<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Senior Research Fellow, Adjunct prof. of Nanoelectronics and Integrated Digital Systems Design<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:&#108;&#097;ur&#105;.&#107;&#111;&#115;kin&#101;&#110;&#064;u&#116;&#117;.&#102;&#105;\" title=\"Email Lauri Koskinen\">l&#097;u&#114;i&#046;k&#111;s&#107;i&#110;&#101;n&#064;&#117;&#116;u&#046;&#102;i<\/a>\r\n                \r\n\t\t\r\n                \r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><\/div> <!-- Close staff-member-listing -->[:de]As its name states, energy minimization is the key goal of this group. From piko Joule RISC processors to multi gigahertz application processors, from video coders through security applications and Internet-of-Things to LTE acceleration, the group tackles a wide range of use-cases. The utmost goal is always to operate at the energy-minimum point all the way down to subthreshold voltages.<\/p>\n<p>The toolbox here is transistor-level design, from novel library cells to DC-DC converters. The device-level knowledge is then applied to enable novel processing architectures, algorithms, and use-cases in creating true vertical energy minimization possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The group is always looking for new students. If you are interested in novel possibilities of electronic gadgets enabled by dust-mote sized devices and eternal batteries, please contact us.<\/p>\n<h3>Projects<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Almarvi\" href=\"http:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/project\/almarvi\/\">Almarvi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"MepMic\" href=\"http:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/project\/mepmic\/\">MepMic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NeuCom\" href=\"http:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/project\/neucom\/\">NeuCom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ask more<\/h3>\n<p><style><\/style><div class=\"staff-member-listing ultra-low-energy-processor-design-contact\"><div class=\"staff-member even  last\">\r\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/lauri_koskinen.jpg\" title=\"Lauri Koskinen : Senior Research Fellow, Adjunct prof. of Nanoelectronics and Integrated Digital Systems Design\" id=\"lauri-koskinen\">\r\n\t<div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap\">\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Lauri Koskinen<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Senior Research Fellow, Adjunct prof. of Nanoelectronics and Integrated Digital Systems Design<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:la&#117;&#114;&#105;&#046;&#107;oski&#110;en&#064;ut&#117;&#046;&#102;&#105;\" title=\"Email Lauri Koskinen\">&#108;au&#114;&#105;&#046;k&#111;sk&#105;&#110;&#101;n&#064;utu&#046;&#102;&#105;<\/a>\r\n                \r\n\t\t\r\n                \r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><\/div> <!-- Close staff-member-listing -->[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The utmost goal is always to operate at the energy-minimum point all the way down to subthreshold voltages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/208"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tt.utu.fi\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}