Category: research
Systematic Exploration of Near-Memory Computing
PhD candidate Riselda Kodra will present some groundbreaking research on near-memory computing at ISQED ’26, the 27th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design: https://www.isqed.org/English/Archives/2026/Technical_Sessions/index.html Below is a sneak preview of the talk: Crossing the Layers and Dotting the Details More on near-memory computing: READ ON
Darong Huang in the SwissChips spotlight
Dr. Darong Huang is featured in an in-depth article by our SwissChips colleagues at ETHZ. Read on:
Android meets IoT – the winner is a pet project
The Android meets IoT event was a great success, with some fascinating projects being demonstrated. Innovation, ingenuity and quality engineering were the order of the day. The winning entry allows users to interact with a virtual pet, using a smartwatch: instructing, even stroking an imaginary animal! Congratulations to all who took part, and well done (…)
Do we really need big data centers for AI?
David Atienza is interviewed alongside Rachid Gerraoui, about the future of AI in data centers EPFL researchers have developed new software – now spun-off into a start-up – that eliminates the need for data to be sent to third-party cloud services when AI is used to complete a task. This could challenge the business model (…)
3D-ICE version 4.0 is out
We are excited to share the release of 3D-ICE 4.0, the newest version of our 3D Interlayer Cooling Emulator, which can deliver more accurate and efficient thermal modeling for modern 2.5D/3D heterogeneous chiplet systems. 3D-ICE 4.0 supports modeling detailed material distribution across layers, directly imported from industrial layouts. To handle complex multi-layer stacks, 3D-ICE introduces (…)
Chips from a higher dimension: the next generation of generative AI computing
For many years, Prof. John Thome of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering pioneered the use of heat sensing technology, and collaborated with Prof. David Atienza of the Institute of Electrical Engineering to model ways in which 3D chips could be cooled efficiently, using techniques like micro-channels of liquids. This work has been further developed as (…)
David Atienza presents SwissChips
Prof. David Atienza presents the national initiative SwissChips and the role of ESL in this massive collaboration. Video by Dr. Alex Levisse and Alex Widerski More on SwissChips: Alex Levisse explains SwissChips in detail ESL participates in three SwissChips projects X-HEEP and SwissChips Yuxuan Wang presents SwissChips project at maiden conference SwissChips official website
Optimising VEGA data with FPGA technology
There are thousands of courses on offer at EPFL, covering topics as far apart as socio-environmental learning, epilepsy monitoring and urban digital twins. We decided to have a closer look at a very special course, one which brings together the three fundamental principles of EPFL Institutes: education, research and industry. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) (…)
Fvllmonti initiative tells its story in animated form
The Fvllmonti initiative have published an animated short explaining the breadth and depth of their international collaboration. You can watch the story of Fvllmonti here: Giovanni Ansaloni meets his animated alter ego
SwissChips: A national project in full swing
In conversation with Dr. Alexandre Levisse of EPFL What is the goal of SwissChips? The SwissChips initiative offers support to Universities and Universities of Applied Science in Switzerland, to carry out research in the field of integrated circuit design, commonly called chips. In Switzerland, we do not have large foundries to manufacture high performance GPU (…)