Dennis Sylvester

[Watch the lecture] Sylvester’s innovations in ultra-low-power computing led to the Michigan Micro Mote, the world’s smallest computer.

Hanson is founder and CTO of Ambiq Micro, a startup semiconductor company that works to advance ultra-low power electronics for next generation Internet of Things.

Karl (BSE MSE PhD EE) talks about how his time at Michigan helped prepare him for his dream job at Intel and a career advancing embedded memory technology and circuits.

Pioneering computer technology that is spurring innovation and disruption across industries has earned David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, professors of electrical engineering and computer science, this year’s Distinguished University Innovator Award.

Top Picks is an annual special edition of IEEE Micro magazine that acknowledges the 10-12 most significant research papers.

Researchers built the first visual SLAM processor on a single chip that provides highly accurate, low-power, and real-time results.

DARPA’s initiative to reinvigorate the microelectronics industry draws deeply on Michigan Engineering expertise.

U-M team will serve as model for nimble and innovative system-on-chip design.

Six-month hardware design process will be turned into 24-hour automated task.

The latest from IBM and now the University of Michigan is redefining what counts as a computer at the microscale.

The group brought together experts in radar and remote sensing, integrated circuits, imaging, navigation, power, communications, and nano-fabrication.

Millimeter-sized computers log the temperature and pressure from deep within oil wells.

Professors Blaauw and Sylvester showcase capabilities of tiny computing

One of the paper describes and demonstrates a malicious hardware backdoor. The other demonstrated security failings in a commercial smart home platform.

The M3 is a fully autonomous computing system that acts as a smart sensing system.

Ambiq Micro, Crossbar, Inc., and PsiKick, are leading the way in ultra-low power chip design, pioneering computer memory, and ultra-low power wireless sensor platforms.

Dr. Hanson is the co-founder of a startup semiconductor company that plans to lead the low-power revolution in electronics by powering the Internet of Things.

All of the research being presented focuses on getting the absolute best performance from the tiniest circuits, sensors, and electronic devices.

Congratulations to the award-winning faculty members and to the DAC for 50 years!

The project proposes to produce a parallel heterogeneous 3D near-threshold computing system with unprecedented energy efficiency.

He is a pioneer in the field of ultra-low power processor design, especially for the smallest computing devices in existence.

Both research papers discuss ultra low-power chip design and millimeter-scale computing.

The technical topics ranged from wireless and low power circuits, to MEMS, to microfabricated gas chromatographs.

Congratulations to these amazing faculty members!

Freyman is studying Electrical Engineering and is a member of the Michigan Integrated Circuits Laboratory.

Ambiq Micro could revolutionize ubiquitous computing, with energy-efficient microcontrollers that are 10 times more energy efficient than conventional microprocessors.

This research is expected to have a fundamental and long term impact on a diverse set of applications ranging from energy conservation to health care.

Congratulations to the winning students!

U-M faculty have developed what is believed to be the first complete millimeter-scale computing system, with applications in radio communication and wireless sensing.

The contest is highly competitive and features the best student projects from the largest and most prestigious conferences in their respective fields.

Until now, ubiquitous computing has been hampered by the size of necessary batteries—but Ambiq Micro is changing that, with their energy-efficient micro-controllers.

According to IEEE, “the grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments.”

“Imagine a microprocessor so tiny and long lasting that it can be implanted in the eye of a glaucoma sufferer to measure the progress of the disease.”

The system could enable new biomedical implants as well as home-, building- and bridge-monitoring devices.

The research funded by Google involves redesigning servers and data centers to improve their energy efficiency.

The paper explores logic and memory circuit topologies for a new type of transistor in development at IBM.

The fellowship will support Fojtik’s work on a processor that can recover from timing errors and run without margining for worst case operating conditions.

The monitoring system will collect data from surface and penetrating sensors, then wirelessly relay the information to an inspector on site or miles away.