Collaboration

We are now welcoming White Papers. The NW AI Hub welcomes project ideas in support of the recent Call for Projects. The process of submitting ideas, in the form of a white paper, selection, and project development is described on this site. 

This opportunity was issued on December 18, 2023, with the following AI topics of interest:

• Topic 1: Heterogeneous Integration of AI-specialized Chiplets
• Topic 2: Advances in Novel Materials and Fabrication Processes for CMOS-level Integration (CMOS+X)
• Topic 3: Sensor and AI Fusion
• Topic 4: In-hardware Learning
• Topic 5: Specialized Hardware for Combinatorial Optimization
• Topic 6: AI Hardware for Extreme Environments
• Topic 7: Photonic AI Compute

More detail can be found in the Key Documents for AI Hardware Technical Guidance.

White paper ideas should make use of the Hub's technical resources, which include the following facilities:

• Stanford University: Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) and the Stanford Nano Shared Facilities (SNSF)
• University of California, Berkeley: UC Berkeley Marvell Nanolab
• University of California, Davis: Center for Nano-MicroManufacturing
• University of Washington: Washington Nanofabrication Facility
• Western Digital: Researching at the Nanoscale 

In addition, there are numerous Hub partners and members, including service providers, foundries, and manufacturers, from design through packaging. New partners are welcome, and must become Hub members if participating in final project submissions.

This document describes the AI hardware challenges and the approach of the Hub. All approaches addressing any of the 7 AI hardware topics of interest are welcome for the white paper submission.