Project Grant 80NSSC21K0677

This $210,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports an interdisciplinary research project at Arizona State University (ASU) to develop an efficient, situation-aware artificial intelligence (AI) processing system using advanced 2-terminal spin-orbit torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-MRAM) technology. The project aims to create a novel AI processing-in-memory (AI-PIM) chip that can...

Scdevice LLC, a for-profit organization, received a $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to develop and demonstrate a radiation-tolerant, high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device for space applications. The goal is to create a SiC junction barrier Schottky diode rated at 1200V that can withstand the high levels of radiation encountered in outer space. This effort aims to enable smaller,...

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Spikegadgets, Inc. a $1,897,078 Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) to develop a commercialized platform for large-scale chronic electrophysiology. The goal is to provide a commercial ecosystem for multi-electrode array (MEA) manufacturers to scale their products to 512 channels, enabling increased access to diverse, high-channel-count electrodes for neuroscience research. Key objectives include creating a compact...

This three-year, $1,199,824 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), will support the development of a "RADIORTML" platform at Northeastern University. RADIORTML aims to demonstrate the feasibility of automatically optimizing radio frequency integrated circuits in real-time through machine learning techniques implemented directly on...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program award, valued at $299,938, aims to advance the integration and packaging of wide bandgap semiconductor chips and sensors capable of operating at extreme high temperatures up to 600°C. The project, hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, will provide specialized training and access to state-of-the-art semiconductor fabrication and packaging facilities for the principal investigator from the University of...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $1,500,000 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop an energy- and spectrum-efficient millimeter-wave (mmW) transmitter array system for next-generation wireless communications. The key objectives are to: 1) Utilize heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging to embed high-power wide-bandgap...

This three-year, $279,334 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology to develop integrated sensing and normally-off computing architectures for Internet of Things devices. The research focuses on designing processing-in-sensor units and processing-near-sensor units that co-integrate sensing and processing capabilities. These hybrid platforms will feature granularly configurable arithmetic operations to balance accuracy, speed and power...

This $380,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research and development of innovative microelectronic hardware solutions for enhancing the performance and resilience of future wireless communication systems in highly dynamic and congested spectrum environments. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: 1) a low-power, harmonic-resilient software-defined radio...

The Tiny Cargo Company received a $432,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant to test the scalability of an exosome isolation technology for developing an orally administered radioprotective therapeutic. The goal is to establish proof-of-concept for a safe, orally delivered drug platform capable of transporting biologic and small molecule therapeutics to treat radiation damage and related diseases. The first year of the award will determine scaling...

This $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to pioneer a computing system for massive AI workloads. The project will develop new architectural and design automation tools for a reconfigurable-on-package system using "tiny chiplets" - miniaturized composable computing components. This innovative approach seeks to address the challenges related to chiplet definition,...