Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRCs)
NSR-CHIP leverages all five of the DOE NSRCs which focus on materials science, chemistry, biology, and energy research, offering access to advanced nanofabrication, characterization, and synthesis capabilities.
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Microelectronics Science Research Centers (MSRCs)
Microelectronics Science Research Centers perform basic research in microelectronics materials, device & system design, and manufacturing science to transform future microelectronics technologies. NSR-CHIP is part of Microelectronics Energy Efficiency Research Center for Advanced Technologies (MEERCAT).
MEERCAT is committed to revolutionizing energy-efficient microelectronics by advancing integrated innovations across materials, devices, information-carrying modalities, and systems’ architectures. Focusing on intelligent sensing, data bandwidth, multiplexing, and advanced computing, the center will explore transformative solutions that seamlessly bridge sensing, edge processing, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. Through end-to-end co-design, spanning nanoscale materials, neuromorphic architectures, in-transit data processing, and heterogeneous integration, MEERCAT will discover new approaches for real-time energy-efficient information handling. By leveraging state-of-the-art methods for synthesis, simulation, and prototyping, the center will accelerate the deployment of novel concepts, enabling scalable, sustainable, and data-challenge-ready systems that redefine computing and sensing paradigms.
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CHIME aims to drive transformative advancements in extreme environment electronics through heterogeneous integration and a seamless fusion of diverse materials, processes, and technologies to enable next-generation systems. The center will create robust, high-performance solutions capable of excelling in the most challenging conditions, including extreme thermal and radiation environments. Through co-design spanning materials, devices, circuits, and systems, the center will harness interdisciplinary expertise to optimize technologies from the atomic scale to fully integrated instrumentation. The center’s efforts will advance rapid prototyping methodologies to accelerate the innovation cycle, enabling swift iteration and validation of novel concepts. By bridging the gap from lab-to-fab, the center will translate groundbreaking research into scalable, manufacturable solutions that address critical societal and industrial needs.
ELMIC aims to advance the fundamental science driving the integration of new materials and processes into future microelectronic systems, focusing on key areas such as plasma-based nanofabrication, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photon sources, 2D-material systems, and extreme-scale memory. The center’s scientific investigations will be informed strongly by a systems-to-physics motivation aimed at long term impact.