Category: research
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 Â
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 (…)
US Patent granted for wearable epileptic detection device
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent for the epileptic detection device developed at ESL by the alumni Dr. Dionisije Sopic, Dr. Amir Aminifar and Dr. Renato Zanetti, under the leadership of Prof. David Atienza. The Wearable System for Real-Time Detection of Epileptic Seizures constitutes a pair of glasses and a (…)
X-HEEP spreads its wings
What started out as a doctoral challenge has grown, and blossomed into a technology shared across universities around Europe. As a doctoral student in Prof. David Atienzaâs Embedded Systems Lab, Simone Machetti was tasked to build a modular, customizable, energy-efficient platform that could be shared with, and used by, different teams designing low-power devices. âI (…)
Cough-E – using edge technology to track coughs, discreetly
If a doctor wants to know how well a cough treatment is working, it can be useful to know exactly how frequently the patient has been coughing. However, a patient’s state of mind might influence the impression they have about this: whether they are happy or sad, tired or not, the patient’s estimate can never (…)
School of Engineering award for RubĂ©n RodrĂguez
RubĂ©n RodrĂguez Ălvarez of the Embedded Systems Lab has been awarded the School of Engineering’s Teaching Assistant Award. This is the second year in a row that a teaching award has gone to a member of the Embedded Systems Lab! RubĂ©n RodrĂguez is a final-year Ph.D. candidate in the Embedded Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Ăcole (…)