Best Paper Award
2B-1: GraphSAR: A Sparsity-Aware Processing-in-Memory Architecture for Large-Scale Graph Processing on ReRAMs
Guohao Dai (Tsinghua Univ., China), Tianhao Huang (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., U.S.A.), Yu Wang, Huazhong Yang (Tsinghua Univ., China), John Wawrzynek (Univ. of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)
3D-1: Energy-Efficient, Low-Latency Realization of Neural Networks through Boolean Logic Minimization
Mahdi Nazemi, Ghasem Pasandi, Massoud Pedram (USC, U.S.A.)
University LSI Design Contest Awards
Best Design Award
1A-1: A Wide Conversion Ratio, 92.8% Efficiency, 3-Level Buck Converter with Adaptive On/Off-Time Control and Shared Charge Pump Intermediate Voltage Regulator
Kousuke Miyaji, Yuki Karasawa, Takanobu Fukuoka (Shinshu Univ., Japan)
Special Feature Award
1A-2: A Three-Dimensional Millimeter-Wave Frequency-Shift Based CMOS Biosensor using Vertically Stacked Spiral Inductors in LC Oscillators
Maya Matsunaga, Taiki Nakanishi, Atsuki Kobayashi (Nagoya Univ., Japan), Kiichi Niitsu (Nagoya Univ./JST PRESTO, Japan)
1A-3: Design of 385 × 385 µm² 0.165V 270pW Fully-Integrated Supply-Modulated OOK Transmitter in 65nm CMOS for Glasses-Free, Self-Powered, and Fuel-Cell-Embedded Continuous Glucose Monitoring Contact Lens
Kenya Hayashi, Shigeki Arata, Ge Xu, Shunya Murakami, Cong Dang Bui, Takuyoshi Doike, Maya Matsunaga, Atsuki Kobayashi (Nagoya Univ., Japan), Kiichi Niitsu (Nagoya Univ./JST PRESTO, Japan)
10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award
System-Level Cost Analysis and Design Exploration for Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits (3D ICs)
Xiangyu Dong and Yuan Xie