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Multi-Core Chip Research to Lead to Performance Gains, Power Reduction for High- and Low-End Computing

National Science Foundation (09/02/08)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) have announced a three-year joint initiative for multicore chip design and architecture. The program will focus on several components of multicore system architecture design that could significantly enhance and accelerate solutions for advancing semiconductor performance. About $6 million in funding will be made available to U.S. universities, who have been invited to submit research proposals. The program is intended to lead to significant advances in state-of-the-art multicore chip design and architecture, bring about system-level performance improvements, and establish new and innovative research areas critical to the future of computing. The program will focus on computer-aided design for multicore systems; low-power innovations; and interconnect, packaging, and circuit techniques for multicore chips. NSF's Sankar Basu says as Moore's Law scaling becomes more difficult, researchers must explore new means of insuring continued technological advances in computing. SRC's Steven Hillenius says the partnership between the government, industry, and academia will help expose universities to critical computing challenges. He says that cooperative programs with the NSF help the SRC to deliver value to its industrial members' capabilities while enabling universities to improve their understanding of needs in the semiconductor industry.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112163

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