NEMIAC

Nano-Electro-Mechanical Integration And Computation

Coordinatore	IBM RESEARCH GMBH    more  Organization address address: SAEUMERSTRASSE 4 city: RUESCHLIKON postcode: 8803 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Catherine Cognome: Trachsel Email: send email Telefono: +41 44 724 8289 Fax: +41 44 724 8578
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Switzerland [CH]
Totale costo	3˙890˙325 €
EC contributo	2˙440˙000 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-7
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-09-01   -   2014-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	IBM RESEARCH GMBH  Organization address address: SAEUMERSTRASSE 4 city: RUESCHLIKON postcode: 8803 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Catherine Cognome: Trachsel Email: send email Telefono: +41 44 724 8289 Fax: +41 44 724 8578	CH (RUESCHLIKON)	coordinator	0.00
2	ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE  Organization address address: BATIMENT CE 3316 STATION 1 city: LAUSANNE postcode: 1015 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Adrian Cognome: IONESCU Email: send email Telefono: +4121 693 3978 Fax: +4121 693 3640	CH (LAUSANNE)	participant	0.00
3	KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN  Organization address address: BRINELLVAGEN 8 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 100 44 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Appel Cognome: Erika Email: send email Telefono: +46 8 7907786 Fax: +46 8 100858	SE (STOCKHOLM)	participant	0.00
4	LANCASTER UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: BAILRIGG city: LANCASTER postcode: LA1 4YW contact info Nome: Jane Cognome: Sherriff Email: send email Telefono: +44 1524 594729 Fax: +44 1524 843087	UK (LANCASTER)	participant	0.00
5	STMICROELECTRONICS SRL  Organization address address: VIA C.OLIVETTI 2 city: AGRATE BRIANZA postcode: 20864 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Sara Cognome: Loi Email: send email Telefono: +39 0396037685 Fax: +39 0396035910	IT (AGRATE BRIANZA)	participant	0.00
6	UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL  Organization address address: SENATE HOUSE, TYNDALL AVENUE city: BRISTOL postcode: BS8 1TH contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Julie Cognome: Coombs Email: send email Telefono: +44 117 3315535	UK (BRISTOL)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The first fully electronic vacuum tube based computer ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator) consumed 200 kW of power. Since then power consumption has become the major bottleneck in state-of-the-art microelectronic technology as leakage power is approaching dynamic power in nanometer technologies. This is particularly an issue for emerging applications for smart components such as autonomous sensor nodes, wireless communications devices, and novel mobile computers which all require logic circuits with dramatically improved energy efficiency.nNEMIAC (Nano-Electro-Mechanical Integration And Computation) proposes a solution based on nano-electromechanical (NEM) switches with practically zero leakage, abrupt switching and high on-current suitable for stand-alone embedded systems as well as 3-D integration with CMOS. The potential benefits of a mature technology are an order of magnitude improvement in energy efficiency with no performance penalty in a variety of processing applications, and radiation-resistant and higher temperature operation than CMOS.nWithin NEMIAC, NEM switches suitable for digital logic design will be explored and developed, along with innovative circuit architectures for low power smart components and smart systems applications. The new switches will have a footprint below 3μm×3μm and targeted switching times of the order of 10 ns. Functional logic blocks based on NEM relays will then be implemented. Design and simulation methodologies will be developed for the new mechanical logic elements and used to explore the design-space for the target applications and demonstrate a small microprocessor.