=====CMOSAIC : 3D Stacked Architectures with Interlayer Cooling=====

@@{{image url="http://www.nano-tera.ch/images/uploads/67/thome.png" title="text" alt="text"}}@@


====References about CMOSAIC:====
**2 Nov 2010: [[http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/3-D_chip_architecture/34959p1.aspx  IBM Systems Magazine : Chips could gain depth to keep delivering on Moore’s Law]]**
**15 March 2010: [[http://www.zurich.ibm.com/news/10/moore.html IBM News]]**
(in french)**
**18 Jan 2010: [[http://blogs.rsr.ch/biosphere/cmosaic-des-microchips-3d-plus-ecologique/  Swiss Radio - Biosphere (in French)]] - An interview is also avalaible**
**16 Dec 2009:  [[http://www.gizmag.com/efficient-multicore-3d-chips/13620/ Gizmag.com]]**
**14 Dec 2009:  [[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/14/ibm_3d_swiss_processors/ TheRegister - British News Site]]**
**12 Dec 2009: [[http://www.nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=9125&ntid=&pg=67 NanotechWire.com]]**
**11 Dec 2009: [[http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=15090 AZoNano.com]]**
**11 Dec 2009: [[http://actualites.epfl.ch/presseinfo-com?id=843&newlang=eng EPFL-Actualites]]**
**11 Dec 2009: [[http://www.hpcwire.com/offthewire/3D-Microchips-for-More-Powerful-and-Environmentally-Friendly-Computers-79098867.html HPC Wire]]**
**10 Dec 2009: [[http://esl.epfl.ch/page78902-en.html EPFL-Embedded Systems Laboratory (ESL)]]**
**10 Dec 2009: [[http://www.myscience.ch/wire/des_microchips_tridimensionnels_pour_des_ordinateurs_plus_puissants_et_plus_ecologiques-epfl MyScience - Swiss Portal for Science and Innovation]]**

====Conferences : ====
**[[http://www.industryday.ethz.ch/1_home_e.html 3rd Industry Day of the Micro and Nano Science Platform of ETHZ]]:** 
- **Prof. Wendelin Stark**: Functional Materials Laboratory,  - **“User-oriented Material Design”**

- ** Prof. Marius Shent**: Web Conferencing Symposium

**[[https://documents.epfl.ch/groups/n/na/nano-tera/www/Smart_Energy_day_Flyer.pdf Smart Energy day @ EPFL]]:** 
- **Prof. Atienza**: Green Considerations for System‐Level Computing Architecture Design


====IBM, Participating Institution====

@@{{image url="https://documents.epfl.ch/groups/n/na/nano-tera/www/design_small.gif" title="text" alt="text"}}@@


====What is CMOSAIC====

The CMOSAIC project is a genuine opportunity to contribute to the realization of arguably the most complicated system that mankind has ever assembled: a 3D stack of computer chips with a functionality per unit volume that nearly parallels the functional density of a human brain. CMOSAIC's aggressive goal is to provide the necessarily 3D integrated cooling system that is the key to compressing almost 1012 nanometer sized functional units (1 Tera) into one cubic centimeter with a 10 to 100 fold higher connectivity than otherwise possible. Even the most advanced air-cooling methods are inadequate for high performance 3D-IC systems where the main challenge is to remove the heat produced by multiple stacked dies in a 1-3 cm3 volume, each layer dissipating 100-150 W/cm2. State-of-the-art single phase liquid and two- phase cooling systems, using specifically designed microchannel arrangements, and employing coolants ranging from liquid water and two-phase environmentally friendly refrigerants to novel engineered nano-fluids offer significant advantages in addressing heat removal challenges leading to practical 3D systems. CMOSAIC aims at developing the engineering science base that will enable a new state of the art in high density electronics cooling.




====SEE ALSO: ""<a name="See" id="See"></a>""====

**[[http://www.nano-tera.ch/topdownbottomup/index.html Nano-Tera Top-Down Bottom-Up]]**
**[[HomePage NanoTeraWiki HomePage]]**

===Special Topics===
**[[Energy Energy]]**
**[[SensorNetwork Wireless Network Sensor]]**
**[[MicroFluidics Micro Fluidics]]**
**[[GreenComputing Green Computing]]**
**[[BodyMonitoring Body Health Monitoring]]**

**[[Security Security]]**


----
[[CategoryWiki]]
{{nocomments}}