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Munushian Seminar - Philip Wong, Friday, November 4th in EEB 132 at 2:00pm

Speaker: Philip Wong, Stanford University

Talk Title: Computing Performance: N3XT 1,000x

Abstract: 21st century information technology (IT) must process, understand, classify, and organize vast amount of data in realtime.
21st century applications will be dominated by memory-centric computing operating on Tbytes of active data with little
data locality. At the same time, massively redundant sensor arrays sampling the world around us will give humans the perception
of additional "senses" blurring the boundary between biological, physical, and cyber worlds. Abundant-data processing, which
comprises real-time big-data analytics and the processing of perceptual data in wearable devices, clearly demands computation
efficiencies well beyond what can be achieved through business as usual.
The key elements of a scalable, fast, and energy-efficient computation platform that may provide another 1,000x in computing
performance (energy-execution time product) for future computing workloads are: massive on-chip memory co-located with highly
energy-efficient computation, enabled by monolithic 3D integration using ultra-dense and fine-grained massive connectivity. There
will be multiple layers of analog and digital memories interleaved with computing logic, sensors, and application-specific devices.
We call this technology platform N3XT - Nanoengineered Computing Systems Technology. N3XT will support computing
architectures that embrace sparsity, stochasticity, and device variability.
In this talk, I will give an overview of nanoscale memory and logic technologies for implementing N3XT. I will give examples of
nanosystems that have been built using these technologies, and provide projections on their eventual performance.

Biography: H.-S. Philip Wong is the Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor in the School of
Engineering. He joined Stanford University as Professor of Electrical Engineering in September,
2004. From 1988 to 2004, he was with the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
At IBM, he held various positions from Research Staff Member to Manager and Senior Manager.
While he was Senior Manager, he had the responsibility of shaping and executing IBM's strategy
on nanoscale science and technology as well as exploratory silicon devices and semiconductor
technology.
Professor Wong's research aims at translating discoveries in science into practical technologies.
His works have contributed to advancements in nanoscale science and technology, semiconductor
technology, solid-state devices, and electronic imaging.

Host: EE-Electrophysics

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Marilyn Poplawski