TRR404 "Next Generation Electronics With Active Devices in Three Dimensions [Active-3D]"
The TRR404 "Next Generation Electronics With Active Devices in Three Dimensions [Active-3D]" is a Collaborative Research Center/Transregio between multiple universities/research centers. The role of our group is to assess complex circuit and system options for Active-3D environment, and to automate design environment for new 3D architectures. The central function of our group in this project is to develop and maintain a simplified electronic design automation environment that will allow the design of more complex systems in later phases. This is a crucial task since Active-3D eliminates boundaries between supply voltage and signals, memory, logic, and so forth, and therefore, new automated design strategies will be required and will need significant research and continuous interaction with all other project members.
DI-ReDesign: Reconfigurable open source libraries and design tools for novel transistor technologies
The project aims to create an open design library for the development of integrated circuits with reconfigurable field-effect transistors (RFETs). Furthermore, an open-source toolchain will be developed and made available to facilitate industrial access to manufacturing using the new RFET technology for chip development. A special focus is also placed on exploring novel approaches for enhanced hardware security. Finally, resilience against structural side-channel attacks using optical and electron beam techniques will be demonstrated. This project is a multi-partner project between GLOBALFOUNDRIES LLC & Co. KG, Dresden, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Bremen, Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, and Technical University of Berlin.
