Project description FET Proactive: Minimising Energy Consumption of Computing to the Limit (MINECC) Show the project objective Hide the project objective TOLOP comprises investigations into three of the levels necessary for a paradigm shift in low-power electronics:1. Fabrication and measurement of devices which are inherently low-power in switching operation at room temperature2 . Theory of specific device implementations for each of those technologies to explain and validate the principles behind their low-power capabilities.3. Design of architecture to enable the circuit operation of these technologies for overall low-power circuit operation.There will be an investigation of the inherent losses at realistic switching rates, and estimations of the device-circuit-operation trade-offs for minimising energy consumption. Metrics such as the energy-delay product will be provided for each implementation and benchmarked against existing commercial and research technologies.The consortium brings together leading European institutions in this field, and allows the overall optimisation of energy consumption in realistic conditions, including device fabrication, device operation and circuit operation at several levels.Target outcomes:1. Novel single-atom, single-electron and spintronic devices will be investigated experimentally. In the first two cases, the structures are inherently CMOS-compatible whilst in the third a higher-risk approach will be taken whilst still addressing manufacturability2. Both non-Boolean implementations such as multi-valued logic and parallel logic, and optimised Boolean logic implementations will be addressed. Non Boolean logic has the potential for exponential improvement in power needs.3. Architectures and operating protocols will be designed to optimise the total power consumption of a circuit-level implementation, taking into account measured and estimated losses at realistic operating rates and temperaturesDevice-level proof of concept will be achieved experimentally, driving the design of specific implementations, with theoretical investigation of viability in a realistic circuit Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.9.8 - FET Proactive: Minimising Energy Consumption of Computing to the Limit (MINECC) Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-8 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator HITACHI EUROPE LIMITED EU contribution € 277 000,00 Address Sefton Park , Bells Hill SL2 4HD Stoke Poges United Kingdom See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire CC Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Williams (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Australia EU contribution € 0,00 Address ANZAC PARADE 2052 Sydney See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Susanne Clark (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE Belgium EU contribution € 385 000,00 Address PLACE DU 20 AOUT 7 4000 Liege See on map Region Région wallonne Prov. Liège Arr. Liège Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Isabelle Halleux (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France EU contribution € 739 351,00 Address RUE LEBLANC 25 75015 PARIS 15 See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact marc sanquer (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel EU contribution € 316 600,00 Address EDMOND J SAFRA CAMPUS GIVAT RAM 91904 Jerusalem See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jane Turner (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UPPSALA UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 281 360,00 Address VON KRAEMERS ALLE 4 751 05 Uppsala See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Uppsala län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Patrik Armuand (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
