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Fundamental Technology Development of Dark-Silicon Logic LSI for Brain-Inspired Computing

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16H06300
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Computer system
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Hanyu Takahiro  東北大学, 電気通信研究所, 教授 (40192702)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 夏井 雅典  東北大学, 電気通信研究所, 准教授 (10402661)
米田 友洋  国立情報学研究所, アーキテクチャ科学研究系, 教授 (30182851)
今井 雅  弘前大学, 理工学研究科, 教授 (70323665)
池田 正二  東北大学, 国際集積エレクトロニクス研究開発センター, 教授 (90281865)
鬼沢 直哉  東北大学, 電気通信研究所, 准教授 (90551557)
村口 正和  北海道科学大学, 工学部, 准教授 (90386623)
Project Period (FY) 2016-05-31 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥165,230,000 (Direct Cost: ¥127,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥38,130,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥8,710,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,010,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥122,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥94,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥28,380,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥15,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,570,000)
Keywords脳型情報処理 / 非同期式回路 / 不揮発ロジック / 不揮発性ロジック / 脳型ハードウェア / CMOS/MTJハイブリッド回路 / ダーク・シリコンLSI / 計算機システム
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, an ultra-fine grained power gating function that consumes power only in the local part where processing is actually executed (as a result, a "dark" silicon LSI operation that does not cause wasteful power consumption in the silicon LSI). function to be realized) can be realized by utilizing the operating principle of the asynchronous circuit. In addition, this operating principle was verified by circuit realization based on MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) element and prototype chip. Furthermore, as an application example to brain computing, we evaluated the power saving performance of the proposed method by evaluating a voice command recognition processing system using deep learning.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年、人工知能(AI)の有用性が認知され、応用展開を加速する視点から、AIハードウェアの研究開発が盛んである。2016年以降、ISSCCなど著名な国際会議でもAIハードウェアが注目を浴びている。AIハードウェアでは処理の高速化と省電力化が要求される。高速化の常套手段が、メモリと演算器間を隣接配置した構造(in-memory構造)であり、省電力化の最有力な方法はパワーゲーティング(PG)技術である。本研究代表者らは、1990年代より、上記「in-memory」構造と「不揮発メモリ」活用のPG制御方法を示しており(1998年2月ISSCC等)、この成果が世界の集積回路分野に広く認知されたと言える。

Assessment Rating
Verification Result (Rating)

A-

Assessment Rating
Result (Rating)

A-: Progress in the research is steadily towards the initial goal. However, further efforts are necessary as a part of the research progress is delayed.

Report

(11 results)
  • 2023 Research Progress Assessment (Verification Result) ( PDF )
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Abstract(Research Progress Assessment) ( PDF )   Research Progress Assessment (Result) ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Abstract ( PDF )   Comments on the Screening Results ( PDF )   Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (45 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Peer Reviewed: 12 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (25 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 17 results,  Invited: 16 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (2 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] IMT-Atlantique(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] CNRS/IMT Atlantique/University of Southern Brittany(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] CNRS/IMT Atlantique/University of Southern Brittany(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Southern Brittany/CNRS/IMT Atlantique(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] New-Paradigm Logic-LSI Design Technology Based on Nonvolatile Storage Functionality and Its Future Prospects2021

    • Author(s)
      夏井 雅典、羽生 貴弘
    • Volume
      J104-C
    • Issue
      6
    • Pages
      185-192
    • DOI

      10.14923/transelej.2020JCI0011

    • ISSN
      1881-0217
    • Year and Date
      2021-06-01
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Multi-Context TCAM-Based Selective Computing: Design Space Exploration for a Low-Power NN2021

    • Author(s)
      Arakawa Ren、Onizawa Naoya、Diguet Jean-Philippe、Hanyu Takahiro
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

      Volume: 68 Issue: 1 Pages: 67-76

    • DOI

      10.1109/tcsi.2020.3030104

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Prospects of Edge AI Hardware Using Nonvolatile Logic2020

    • Author(s)
      HANYU Takahiro
    • Journal Title

      IEICE ESS Fundamentals Review

      Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Pages: 269-276

    • DOI

      10.1587/essfr.13.4_269

    • NAID

      130007825861

    • ISSN
      1882-0875
    • Year and Date
      2020-04-01
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Design of an MTJ-based Nonvolatile Multi-context Ternary Content-Addressable Memory2020

    • Author(s)
      N. Onizawa, R. Arakawa, and T. Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Applied Logics

      Volume: 7 Pages: 89-105

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Networked Power-Gated MRAMs for Memory-Based Computing2018

    • Author(s)
      J.-P. Diguet, N. Onizawa, M. Rizk, M. J. Sepulveda, A. Baghdadi, and T. Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems

      Volume: 26 Issue: 12 Pages: 2696-2708

    • DOI

      10.1109/tvlsi.2018.2856458

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] MTJ-Based Asynchronous Circuits for Re-Initialization Free Computing against Power Failures2018

    • Author(s)
      N. Onizawa, M. Imai, T. Yoneda, and T. Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      Microelectronics Journal

      Volume: 82 Pages: 46-61

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.mejo.2018.10.012

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Design of a Variation-Resilient Single-Ended Nonvolatile 6-Input Lookup Table Circuit with a Redundant-MTJ-Based Active Load for Smart IoT Applications2017

    • Author(s)
      D. Suzuki, M. Natsui, S. Ikeda, T. Endoh, H. Ohno, and T. Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      Institute of Engineering Technology (IET), Electronics Letters

      Volume: 53, 7 Pages: 456-458

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Soft/Write-Error Resilient CMOS/MTJ Nonvolatile Flip-Flop Based on Majority-Decision Shared Writing2017

    • Author(s)
      Naoya Onizawa and Takahiro Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 56, 4S

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Fabrication of an MTJ-Based Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory LSI with Content-Aware Write Error Masking Scheme Achieving 92% Storage Capacity and 79% Power Reduction2017

    • Author(s)
      Masanori Natsui, Akira Tamakoshi, Tetsuo Endoh, Hideo Ohno, and Takahiro Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 56, 4S

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Design of a Low-Power Nonvolatile Flip-Flop Using 3-Terminal Magnetic-Tunnel-Junction-Based Self-Terminated Mechanism2017

    • Author(s)
      Daisuke Suzuki and Takahiro Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 56, 4S

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Standby-Power-Free Integrated Circuits Using MTJ-Based VLSI Computing2016

    • Author(s)
      T. Hanyu, T. Endoh, D. Suzuki, H. Koike, Y. Ma, N. Onizawa, M. Natsui, S. Ikeda, and H. Ohno
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of the IEEE

      Volume: 104 Issue: 10 Pages: 1843-1863

    • DOI

      10.1109/jproc.2016.2574939

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Analog-to-Stochastic Converter Using Magnetic Tunnel Junction Devices for Vision Chips2016

    • Author(s)
      N. Onizawa, D. Katagiri, W. J. Gross, and T. Hanyu
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology

      Volume: 15 Issue: 5 Pages: 705-714

    • DOI

      10.1109/tnano.2015.2511151

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Prospects of MTJ-Based Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory Circuits and Their Applications to AI Hardware2022

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      The 3rd International Symposium on AI and Electronics
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Challenge of MTJ-Based Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory Circuits and Their Applications2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      Joint Seminar of BRAIN INSPIRED COMPUTING, PHYSICS, ARCHITECTURES, MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS (BICPAMA)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Challenge of MTJ-Based Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory Circuits and Their Applications2021

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      16th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 不揮発性ロジックが拓くエッジAIハードウェア・パラダイムの展望2021

    • Author(s)
      羽生貴弘
    • Organizer
      LSIとシステムのワークショップ2021(電子情報通信学会・集積回路研究会)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 不揮発性ロジックが拓く脳型コンピューティングの挑戦2020

    • Author(s)
      羽生貴弘
    • Organizer
      第7回電子デバイスフォーラム京都
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Challenge of Nonvolatile Logic LSI for Edge AI Applications2020

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      U. of A. Research Cluster Forum
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Impact of a nonvolatile multiple-valued circuit technique for energy-efficient binarized neural-network hardware2020

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      ENGE 2020(The 6th International Conference on Electronnic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] ポストCMOS回路技術が拓く脳型LSIの挑戦2019

    • Author(s)
      羽生隆弘
    • Organizer
      日本磁気学会・第6回岩崎コンファランス
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Stochastic computing for brainware LSI2019

    • Author(s)
      N. Onizawa, W. J. Gross, and T. Hanyu
    • Organizer
      IEEE ASYNC'19 Special Session
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Approximate Computing応用高性能マルチコンテキスト(MC-)TCAMの構成2019

    • Author(s)
      荒川怜、鬼沢直哉、羽生貴弘
    • Organizer
      2019年度 電気関係学会東北支部連合大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Multi-Context TCAM Based Selective Computing Architecture for a Low-Paper NN2019

    • Author(s)
      Ren Arakawa, Naoya Onizawa, Jean-Philippe Diguet, and Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      26th IEEE International Conference on Electrocnis, Circuits & Systems (ICECS)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Design of a Low-Power MTJ-Based True Random Number Generator Using a Multi Voltage/Current Convertor2018

    • Author(s)
      S. Mukaida, N. Onizawa, T. Hanyu
    • Organizer
      ISMVL2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Prospects of Nonvolatile Logic LSI Using MTJ/MOS-Hybrid Circuitry and Its Application2018

    • Author(s)
      T. Hanyu
    • Organizer
      2018 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Challenge of an MTJ-Based Non-Volatile Logic LSI for Internet-of-Things Application2018

    • Author(s)
      T. Hanyu
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Next Generation Computing System
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] ポストCMOS回路技術が拓くAIハードウェアの挑戦2018

    • Author(s)
      羽生貴弘
    • Organizer
      デザインガイア2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Minimum Power Supply Asynchronous Circuits for Re-initialization Free Computing2018

    • Author(s)
      M. Imai, N. Onizawa, T. Hanyu, and T. Yoneda
    • Organizer
      21st Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information Technologies (SASIMI)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Challenge of Spintronics-Based Nonvolatile Logic LSI and Its Possibility2018

    • Author(s)
      T. Hanyu
    • Organizer
      Tohoku/SG-Spin workshop on Spintronics
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Challenge of Spintronic-Device-Based Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory Architecture for Internet-of-Things Applications2018

    • Author(s)
      T. Hanyu
    • Organizer
      世界トップレベル研究拠点(材料科学・スピントロニクス)合同キックオフシンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] スピントロニクスが拓く新しいロジックLSIの展望2018

    • Author(s)
      羽生貴弘,鈴木大輔,鬼沢直哉,夏井雅典,遠藤哲郎,大野英男
    • Organizer
      CSRN年度末シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] MTJ-Based Asynchronous Circuits for Re-initialization Free Computing against Power Failures2017

    • Author(s)
      N. Onizawa, M. Imai, T. Hanyu, and T. Yoneda
    • Organizer
      23rd IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Three-Terminal MTJ-Based Nonvolatile Logic Circuits with Self-Terminated Writing Mechanism for Ultra-Low-Power VLSI Processor2017

    • Author(s)
      T. Hanyu, D. Suzuki, N. Onizawa, and M. Natsui
    • Organizer
      Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Highly Reliable MTJ-Based Motion-Vector Prediction Unit with Dynamic Write Error Masking Scheme2016

    • Author(s)
      Masanori Natsui, Akira Tamakoshi, Tetsuo Endoh, Hideo Ohno, and Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      2016 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2016)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Soft/Write-Error Resilient CMOS/MTJ Nonvolatile Flip-Flop Based on Majority-Decision Shared Writing2016

    • Author(s)
      Naoya Onizawa and Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      2016 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2016)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Self-Terminated Energy-Efficient Nonvolatile Flip-Flop Using 3-terminal Magnetic Tunnel Junction Device2016

    • Author(s)
      Daisuke Suzuki and Takahiro Hanyu
    • Organizer
      2016 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2016)
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Power-Gated Single-Track Asynchronous Circuits Using Three-Terminal MTJ-Based Nonvolatile Devices for Energy Harvesting Systems2016

    • Author(s)
      Tomohiro Yoneda, Naoya Onizawa, Masashi Imai, Takahiro Hanyu,
    • Organizer
      Async2016 Fresh ideas track
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Beyond MRAM: Nonvolatile Logic-in-Memory VLSI, Chapter 7 in Book: Introduction to Magnetic Random-Access Memory2016

    • Author(s)
      Takahiro Hanyu, Tetsuo Endoh, Shoji Ikeda, Tadahiko Sugibayashi, Naoki Kasai, Daisuke Suzuki, Masanori Natsui, Hiroki Koike, and Hideo Ohno
    • Total Pages
      264
    • Publisher
      Wiley-IEEE Press
    • ISBN
      9781119009740
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      https://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/ja/organization/section1/vlsi/

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Special session of ASYNC2019

    • URL

      http://www.ngc.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/ASYNC2019WS/index.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] 25th IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems: Special Session2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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