EAGER: Architectures for Biodegradable Processors

计算设备和电子设备在人均基础上变得越来越多，人们拥有多个个人计算设备，诸如蜂窝电话、平板电脑和膝上型电脑沿着有嵌入式电子设备，诸如遥控器和计算器。 此外，电子技术的进步和过时的速度非常快。 虽然这一进步使人类生产力取得了巨大进步，但它对我们的环境造成了污染，产生了电子废物（电子废物），并对电子回收工人造成了伤害。该项目通过研究如何为有机半导体构建的可生物降解电子产品创建计算机架构来解决这一挑战。 通过采用可生物降解和可堆肥的电子产品，计算和电子行业可以从一个对环境有害的行业转变为一个可持续的、不对环境有害的行业。该项目解决了在有机半导体中设计计算机架构的挑战性问题。 这是一个全新的领域，因为大多数计算机架构研究都针对（不可生物降解的）硅基衬底。 在有机半导体的设计中存在许多挑战，包括低迁移率（低速）、大的晶体管到晶体管可变性以及与硅中发现的不同的互连到晶体管速度比。 该项目采用自下而上的方法，首先奠定基础，包括创建有机半导体的模型逻辑单元库，然后使用该库作为不同计算机架构的合成目标，最后是一个架构设计权衡研究，以了解管道长度和机器架构。这项研究可以通过为可以制造的电子和计算机奠定基础，广泛影响人类并在不对环境产生不利影响的情况下进行处理。 这最终可以导致电子产品，如完全可生物降解的手机，从而消除了正确回收电子产品的需要，从垃圾填埋场中清除电子废物，并减少对电子产品的危险。

Computing devices and electronics have become increasingly numerous on a per-capita basis with people owning multiple personal computing devices such as cell phones, tablets, and laptops along with embedded electronic devices such as remote controls and calculators. Also, electronics advance and become obsolete at a very rapid pace. While this advancement has caused great strides in human productivity, it has come at a cost in terms of pollution to our environment, the creation of electronic waste (e-waste), and harm to electronics recycling workers. This project addresses this challenge by studying how to create computer architectures for biodegradable electronics built out of organic semiconductors. By embracing biodegradable and compostable electronics, the computing and electronics industry can switch from an industry that harms the environment to one that is sustainable and does not harm the environment.This project tackles the challenging problem of designing computer architectures in organic semiconductors. This is a brand new field as most computer architecture research has targeted (non-biodegradable) silicon-based substrates. Many challenges exist in designing for organic semiconductors including, low mobility (low-speed), large transistor-to-transistor variability, and a different interconnect to transistor speed ratio than is found in silicon. This project takes a bottom up approach by first laying the groundwork including the creation of a model logic cell library for organic semiconductors, then it uses that library as a synthesis target for different computer architectures, and finally an architectural design tradeoff study to understand pipeline length and machine architectures.This research can broadly impact humanity by laying the groundwork for electronics and computers that can be manufactured and disposed of without adversely impacting the environment. This can ultimately lead to electronics such as a fully biodegradable cell phone, thereby removing the need to properly recycle electronics, removing e-waste from our landfills, and reducing dangers to electronics.