FuSe-TG: Domain-Specific 3D ReRAM-based Processing-in-Memory Accelerators for Streaming Time Series Applications

基于交叉开关阵列的内存处理(CBA-PIM)技术可以与特定于域的异类计算引擎进行3D集成，从而在应用程序性能和功耗方面实现前所未有的改进。这项FINS合作赠款将在加州大学河滨分校(UCR)、亚利桑那州立大学、佐治亚理工学院和华盛顿州立大学的研究人员之间建立合作关系。一个试点研究项目将定义用于流式时间序列数据分析算法的特定领域的CBA-PIM加速器，集成最先进的技术以实现容错和可靠性，并推进单片3D布局工具的最先进技术，以确保所建议的设备可以物理实现。教育和劳动力发展计划将为研究生和本科生实习生提供全面的学习体验，通过这些学习体验，他们将学习设计、布局、表征和编程交叉开关阵列，通过这些学习，他们将接触到各种开源电子设计自动化(EDA)工具和交叉开关模拟器。它还将为学员提供多样性、公平性和包容性(DEI)能力，为他们在未来的半导体技术工作做好准备。几十年来，摩尔定律一直是半导体微电子系统小型化的特征。随着摩尔定律的缓慢而不可避免的终结即将到来，通用计算技术的进步不再能够维持半导体行业的增长。随后的进展预计将通过协同利用未来半导体技术的特定应用专业化来实现。通过使受训人员面对这些挑战并增强他们探索潜在解决办法的能力，拟议的活动将有助于发展熟练的技术劳动力。该项目牵头计划从代表性不足的背景中招募受训人员参加该项目；联合大学是一家西班牙裔服务机构(OPEID-00131600)。与研究和教育有关的材料将通过一个专门针对该项目的面向公众的网站传播，研究成果将被纳入UCR教授的研究生课程。这份材料还将与其他项目参与者和公众分享。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Crossbar Array-based Processing-in-Memory (CBA-PIM) technology can be integrated in 3D with domain-specific heterogeneous compute-engines to achieve unprecedented improvements in application performance and power consumption. This FuSe-Teaming Grant will establish a collaboration between researchers at UC Riverside (UCR), Arizona State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Washington State University. A pilot research project will define domain-specific CBA-PIM accelerators for streaming time series data analytics algorithms, integrate state-of-the-art techniques to achieve fault tolerance and reliability, and advance the state-of-the-art in monolithic 3D layout tools to ensure that the proposed devices can be physically realized. An Education and Workforce Development Plan will provide a comprehensive learning experience for graduate and undergraduate student trainees through which they will learn to design, layout, characterize, and program crossbar arrays, through which they will be exposed to a variety of open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools and crossbar simulators. It will also provide trainees with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) competencies that will prepare them for employment working with future semiconductor technologies.Moore’s Law has characterized miniaturization in semiconductor microelectronic systems for decades. With the slowing and inevitable end of Moore’s Law on the horizon, advances in general-purpose computing technology can no longer sustain semiconductor industry growth. Subsequent advances are projected to occur through application-specific specialization that synergistically exploits future semiconductor technologies. By exposing trainees to these challenges and empowering them to explore potential solutions, the proposed activities will contribute to the development of the skilled technical workforce. The project leads plan to recruit trainees from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in the project; UCR is a Hispanic Serving Institution (OPEID-00131600). Research and education-related materials will be disseminated via a public-facing website dedicated to the project, and research outcomes will be integrated into a graduate course taught at UCR. This material will be also shared with the other project participants and with the general public.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.