Project Grant 2450515
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program awarded a $400,000 project grant to Arizona State University to develop sustainable design techniques for very large-scale integrated (VLSI) systems with heterogeneous integration. The 3-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2023, aims to measure and reduce the carbon footprint associated with the design and manufacturing of these complex integrated circuits. Key objectives include: (a)...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $587,749 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU) to improve the sustainability of edge data centers used for artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The project aims to mitigate the environmental impact and boost the efficiency of data processing in edge data centers through multi-layered optimizations, including harnessing renewable...
- This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research by the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop sustainable design and manufacturing approaches for very large-scale integrated (VLSI) systems using heterogeneous integration (HI) technologies. The key objectives are to: (A) build simulators to measure the carbon footprint of HI VLSI systems across the design,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to Arizona State University, Division (doing business as Orspa), for the project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SHF: MEDIUM: TINY CHIPLETS FOR BIG AI: A RECONFIGURABLE-ON-PACKAGE SYSTEM". This 4-year project (7/1/2024 - 6/30/2028) aims to pioneer a computing system for massive AI workloads, including new architectural and design automation...
- This $175,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) aims to holistically measure and understand the social and environmental impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The grant will establish a collaborative research hub to co-design frameworks for assessing AI's environmental impacts, particularly on land, energy, water use, and community life. Through participatory research methods, the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to develop innovative solutions to enable carbon-zero colocation data centers that support the booming artificial intelligence industry and digital economy. Specifically, the project proposes to: (1) create a computationally-efficient mechanism to...
- This $600,000 federal Project Grant award, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, aims to develop a data center control framework that can regulate power consumption in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers while providing performance guarantees to users. The key objectives are to: Design AI data center planning and runtime optimization policies that balance power grid and carbon constraints with user...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program, CFDA #47.070, provides $600,000 to Duke University to develop a hardware/software co-design framework for sustainable computing systems. The framework aims to generate optimal hardware and algorithm designs that meet constraints of functionality, performance, sustainability, and other requirements. It will guide future sustainable hardware design and establish a holistic...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,341,906 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to Brown University, to be completed by September 30, 2027. The project aims to achieve sustainable computing by recycling and reusing decommissioned field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chips to build "refresh FPGA" devices, employing 2.5-dimensional integration with an underlying interposer for interconnection. This approach seeks to...
- This $275,008 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to create an AI-powered framework that helps designers automatically evaluate the environmental impact of their designs and optimize them for sustainability. The key innovations include: Developing novel graph attention network (GAT) algorithms to extract lifecycle inventory (LCI) data by analyzing similarities with existing designs, addressing the issue of LCI data scarcity....
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research at Arizona State University (ASU) to address the environmental impact of computer chips powering artificial intelligence (AI) applications in data centers. The project takes a three-pronged approach: 1) developing new models, tools, and metrics to quantify the lifecycle environmental footprint of computer chips, with a focus on water and energy consumption in manufacturing and cooling; 2) introducing a framework for modular "chiplet" design to enable chip reuse across AI applications, reducing waste; and 3) optimizing chip floorplanning and interconnect design to minimize cooling requirements and fabrication costs. The research aims to make AI-driven data centers more environmentally sustainable through innovative chip design strategies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $600.0k | 7/16/25 |