Research Highlights
AI Accelerators & Digital IC Design
We design domain-specific accelerators and on-chip memory macros for high-throughput, energy-efficient AI inference and training.
Cryogenic CMOS Circuit Design
We design cryogenic CMOS circuits and macros for high-performance memory and computing at cryogenic temperatures.
VLSI System Design
We design system-level and programmable (FPGA/SoC) solutions for real-time perception and PPA optimization.
News
Current
We are looking for self-motivated students to work with us on AI accelerators and SoC chips.
02/2026
A paper entitled, "DSHD-CAM: High-Throughput RRAM CAM Leveraging Dynamic Shifted Hamming Distance for Genome Analysis" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems
and is now available in IEEE Xplore.
12/2025
A paper entitled, "Design of An Aging-aware Memory with BTI-mitigated SA and System-Visible Lifetime Management" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers and is now available in
IEEE Xplore.
11/2025
A paper entitled, "ACIMC: A 342.7-TOPS/mm2 eDRAM-based Analog Cryogenic In-Memory Computing Macro" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers and is now available in
IEEE Xplore.
09/2025
A paper entitled, "A Complementary 3T-Based eDRAM Macro for High-Density Dual-Direction CAM and Logic-in-Memory" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers and is now available in
IEEE Xplore.
07/2025
A paper entitled, "A 5T0C eDRAM-Based Content Addressable Memory for High-Density Searching and Logic-in-Memory" has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems and is now available in
IEEE Xplore.
04/2025
A paper entitled, "HDD-RAM: A 40-nm 0.35V 25MHz Half-Select Disturb-Free Memory with Data-Aware 10T SRAM" has been published in Integrated Circuits and Systems and is now available in
IEEE Xplore.
11/2024
A paper entitled, "Overview of Cryogenic CMOS Based Computing Systems" has been published in Integrated Circuits and Systems and is now available in
IEEE Xplore.
05/2024
Our work on cryogenic in-memory computing accelerator has been accepted for publication at the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) and is now available in
IEEE Xplore 🎉
07/2023
Our work on SRAM-based in-memory computing BNN accelerator has been accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I).
01/2023
Our work on cryogenic in-memory computing with multi-mode operations has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) 2023.
01/2023
Our work on 4T gain-cell based cryogenic memory has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2023.
01/2021
Our work on binarized CNN accelerator has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2021
and has also been invited to the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Brief (TCAS-II) 🎉
Teaching
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Graduate Courses:
- VLSI Circuit and System Design
- Advanced Digital Integrated Circuits Design (2024~2025, Spring)
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Undergraduate Courses:
- Digital Integrated Circuits Design
- FPGA Design and Applications
- Principle and Application of Microcomputer (2024~2025, Spring)
Contact
Join us:
Prospective students with backgrounds in EE/IC design/AI hardware are welcome to reach out by email.
| Office: | Room 8501-2, College of Integrated Circuits, NUAA |
| Address: | No. 29, Jiangjun Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing 211106, China |
| Email: | [email protected] |