Federal Grant Award Summary

The University of California, Irvine received a $344,624 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031. This project grant funds research and development of a communication network architecture designed specifically for ultra-large-scale chiplet-based systems. The award supports the creation of network topologies and high-bandwidth domain allocation strategies that address the technical challenges of interconnecting multiple chiplets in heterogeneous computing platforms used for high-performance computing, neural networks, and large language models.

The project deliverables encompass five primary research thrusts: development of communication network architectures with compatible topologies for chiplet systems; routing and built-in self-test algorithms optimized for advanced integration technologies; a unified memory architecture enabling relocation of both compute and memory resources; standards-based interfaces supporting efficient heterogeneous component communication; and validation of proposed topologies, methodologies, and algorithms. These outputs are intended to advance semiconductor system design by enabling plug-and-play, heterogeneous chiplet-based architectures that overcome current yield and design limitations while facilitating orders of magnitude increases in compute-memory capacity.