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Novel-Concept VLSI Systems Lab
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A lab that aims at brain-like computation using integrated circuits based on new principles.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking on the limits of integrated circuits with new ideas.
The Novel-Concept VLSI Systems Lab (the Hanyu-Natsui-Onizawa Lab) researches design technologies for very-large-scale integrated circuits (VLSI) based on new ideas.
Performance improvements in integrated circuits have been driven mainly by advances in microfabrication, but this approach alone is expected to reach its limit.
The lab therefore aims to overcome that limit not only with conventional silicon CMOS circuits but also with circuit design methods and system configurations that make use of the characteristics of new materials and devices.
Another goal is to realize highly functional, multifunctional VLSI that imitates the intelligent activity of the human brain.
Key terms
- VLSI
- Very-large-scale integration. An electronic circuit that places a very large number of elements on a single chip, serving as the brain of electronic devices.
- Silicon CMOS circuits
- A type of circuit made from silicon that has been used in conventional integrated circuits.
- Nonvolatile logic
- Logic circuits that do not lose information when the power is turned off. They can eliminate power consumption during standby.
- In-vehicle networks
- Communication mechanisms that connect the control devices inside an automobile to one another.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab researches hardware for next-generation VLSI computing based on new paradigms that are not extensions of conventional approaches. It works on multiple-valued current-mode integrated circuit technology that solves the interconnect problem, logic-in-memory VLSI architecture that distributes memory functions into computing circuits, and clock-independent high-speed asynchronous data transfer technology.
*Illustrative imageNonvolatile Logic LSIs and Their Applications
To achieve ultra-low-power processing at the edge of the IoT society, the lab researches nonvolatile logic, which retains information even when the power is turned off. It can completely eliminate standby power, and targets a variety of circuits such as MCUs and FPGAs.
*Illustrative imageArtificial Intelligence for Protecting In-Vehicle Networks
As automobiles become increasingly intelligent, the security of in-vehicle networks remains vulnerable. The lab researches technology that uses the advanced recognition processing of artificial intelligence to detect a wide variety of external attacks with high accuracy.
*Illustrative imageArtificial Intelligence Processing Based on New Computing Principles
It is said that when humans recognize an object, they first break an image down into 'components' and make a judgment from their combination. The lab presents a demonstration that reproduces on an LSI the function of the primary visual cortex (V1), which is responsible for extracting components in the brain.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Novel-Concept VLSI Systems Lab consist of faculty members, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, research students, and secretaries.As of 2024
- ProfessorTakahiro Hanyu
- Associate ProfessorMasanori Natsui
- Associate ProfessorNaoya Onizawa
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “A wafer consisting of MPC designs all over the wafer and five process control monitor (PCM) designs for ensuring good quality of the processing” Khpsoi / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Nonvolatile Logic LSIs and Their Applications: “Macro photograph of the RP2350 microcontroller on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 board” Profpcde / CC0 (cropped)
- Artificial Intelligence for Protecting In-Vehicle Networks: “Instrument panel of a Honda EV Plus 01” Original uploader was Evplus at en.wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
- Artificial Intelligence Processing Based on New Computing Principles: “MF30011R 1702-2 die” Mister rf / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Environmentally Harmonious Secure Information Systems Lab): “Printed Circuit Board 9990” Ashley Pomeroy / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Shimizu Lab): “Superconducting Quantum Chip with Dispersive Background 3” OJB Quantum / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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