AI-Enhanced Co-Design for Next-Generation Microelectronics: Innovating Innovation (Workshop Report)

Technical Report · 06 April 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1845383· OSTI ID:1845383

Descour, Michael ^[1]; Stracuzzi, David ^[1]; Tsao, Jeffrey ^[1]; Weeks, Jacquilyn ^[2]; Wakeland, Anna ^[1]; Schultz, David ^[3]; Smith, William ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Word Tree Consulting, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
3. Universities Research Association (URA), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

On April 6-8, 2021, Sandia National Laboratories hosted a virtual workshop to explore the potential for developing AI-Enhanced Co-Design for Next-Generation Microelectronics (AICoM). The workshop brought together two themes. The first theme was articulated in the 2018 Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE SC) “Basic Research Needs for Microelectronics” (BRN) report, which called for a “fundamental rethinking” of the traditional design approach to microelectronics, in which subject matter experts (SMEs) in each microelectronics discipline (materials, devices, circuits, algorithms, etc.) work near-independently. Instead, the BRN called for a non-hierarchical, egalitarian vision of co-design, wherein “each scientific discipline informs and engages the others” in “parallel but intimately networked efforts to create radically new capabilities.” The second theme was the recognition of the continuing breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) that are currently enhancing and accelerating the solution of traditional design problems in materials science, circuit design, and electronic design automation (EDA).

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1845383
• Report Number(s): SAND2021-16012R; 702893
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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