15/12/2015
The ISEP IEEE Student Branch, in association with IEEE CAS France cordially invites you to attend our CAS outreach 2015 talk on “Using Analog Design to Make Digital Better: Efficient RISC-V Processor in 28nm FDSOI ” by Prof. Borivoje Nikolić on Wednesday, 16th December, 2015 from 16:00 to 17:00. The talk will take place at 46 rue Barrault, 75634 Paris Cedex 13 – France, School of Institut Mines-Telecom. Participation for the event is free of charge with prior registration by sending an email to kshaik@ ieee.org. Please feel free to pass on this information in your contacts.
The talk will be followed by a networking reception sponsored by ISEP and IEEE France Section
For more information about the event, please contact – kshaikieee.org
Please find below the brief bio of our distinguished speaker.
Title: Using Analog Design to Make Digital Better: Efficient RISC-V Processor in 28nm FDSOI
Date: 16th December, 2015: 4 P.M to 5P.M.
Venue: 46 rue Barrault, 75634 Paris Cedex 13 – France, School of Institut Mines-Telecom
Abstract: This talk presents a design of an energy-efficient microprocessor that implements several techniques for operation in a very wide voltage range. A particular implementation is based on an open Berkeley RISC-V architecture. To enable agile dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, with high energy efficiency the design implements an integrated switched-capacitor DC-DC converter. A custom-designed SRAM-based cache operates in a wide 0.45-1V supply range. Techniques that enable low-voltage SRAM operation include 8T cells, assist techniques and differential read. Architectural resiliency techniques include the use of error correction and dynamic column redundancy. The processor is implemented by using an agile design methodology.
Bio: Prof. Borivoje Nikolić is the National Semiconductor Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He received the Dipl.Ing. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Davis in 1999. His research activities include digital, analog and RF integrated circuit design and VLSI implementation of communications and signal processing algorithms. He is co-author of the book Digital Integrated Circuits: A Design Perspective, 2nd ed, Prentice-Hall, 2003. Dr. Nikolić received many awards in his career, including the NSF CAREER award in 2003, and the best paper awards at the IEEE International Solid- State Circuits Conference, Symposium on VLSI Circuits, IEEE International SOI Conference, European Solid-State Circuits Research Conference, European Solid-State Device Research Conference, S3S conference and the ACM/IEEE International Symposium of Low- Power Electronics.
