EAGER: Architectures for Biodegradable Processors

EAGER：可生物降解处理器的架构

• 批准号: 1342487
• 负责人: David Wentzlaff
• 金额: $ 16.06万
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1342487&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Architectures; Biodegradable; Processors

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.

人均计算设备和电子产品的数量越来越多，人们拥有多种个人计算设备（例如手机、平板电脑和笔记本电脑）以及嵌入式电子设备（例如遥控器和计算器）。 此外，电子产品的进步和淘汰速度非常快。 虽然这一进步使人类生产力取得了巨大进步，但它的代价是对环境的污染、电子废物的产生以及对电子回收工人的伤害。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危害环境的行业转变为可持续且不危害环境的行业。该项目解决了设计有机半导体计算机架构的挑战性问题。 这是一个全新的领域，因为大多数计算机体系结构研究都针对（不可生物降解的）硅基基板。 有机半导体的设计存在许多挑战，包括低迁移率（低速）、晶体管之间的较大变化以及与硅中不同的互连与晶体管速度比。 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体系结构的综合目标，最后进行体系结构设计权衡研究以了解管道长度和机器体系结构。这项研究可以通过为电子产品和计算机奠定基础来广泛影响人类，这些电子产品和计算机可以在不对环境产生不利影响的情况下制造和处置。 这最终可能会导致电子产品的出现，例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，从我们的垃圾填埋场中清除了电子垃圾，并减少了对电子产品的危险。