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Collaborative Research: ASCENT: Optimal Thermal Management for Continued Scaling of 3D Het — NSF Award to University of Washington

Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) drive unprecedented innovation but face the critical challenge of escalating power consumption. The rapid expansion of AI leads to unsustainable energy use for computation and cooling, threatening its widespread adoption. While three-dimensional heterogeneous integrat

Award titleCollaborative Research: ASCENT: Optimal Thermal Management for Continued Scaling of 3D Het
Award ID2520269
AwardeeUniversity of Washington
CitySEATTLE
StateWA
Amount obligated$310,000
Principal investigatorBaosen Zhang
ProgramNSF-Intel Semiconductr Partnrs, ASCENT-Address-Chalg-Eng-Teams
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractRecent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) drive unprecedented innovation but face the critical challenge of escalating power consumption. The rapid expansion of AI leads to unsustainable energy use for computation and cooling, threatening its widespread adoption. While three-dimensional heterogeneous integration offers performance and energy efficiency gains through miniaturization for data-intensive AI workloads, this miniaturization simultaneously increases power density and reduces
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