High-Speed and Low-Power SerDes Architectures using Chord Signaling
COM1 Level 2
SR1, COM1-02-06
This is a distinguished talk as part of the NUS Computer Science Research Week 2019 (http://researchweek.comp.nus.edu.sg).
Abstract:
Communication between IC components in an electronic device is one of the key components determining the performance of the device. The increase in the volume of digital data calls for ever higher throughputs between chips. The standard response has been to increase the communication rate. This leads to increased susceptibility to noise, and to an unproportionally higher power consumption. The use of higher speeds is at the core of this problem, and the apparent need to do so is the inefficient use of the available bandwidth. In this talk I will introduce Chord Signaling, an information theoretic class of signaling methods for chip-to-chip communication that makes a more efficient use of the bandwidth. I will explain parts of the theory, and how it can be used in new SerDes architectures for very high speed and low power links of various complexities.
The talk starts with a tutorial on the preliminaries and the theoretical foundations of this topic.
Biodata:
Amin Shokrollahi finished his PhD at the University of Bonn in 1991 where he was an assistant professor until 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he was at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley. In 1998 he joined the Bell Laboratories as a Member of the Technical Staff. From 2000 to 2009 he was the Chief Scientist of Digital Fountain. In 2003 he joined EPFL as a full professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. In 2011 he founded the company Kandou Bus which uses novel approaches for fast and energy efficient chip-to-chip links. Dr. Shokrollahi's research covers a wide range of topics from pure mathematics to electronics. He has 140+ publications, and 120+ pending and granted patent applications. An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Shokrollahi's honors include several IEEE Paper Awards, the IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award, the Advanced Research Grant of the ERC, the IEEE Hamming Medal, and the ISSCC Jan van Vessem Award for outstanding European paper.