Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip Communication (UNIC)
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Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip Communication (UNIC): PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION DARPA is soliciting innovative research and development (R&D) proposals in the area of Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip Communications (UNIC) with the goal of demonstrating low power, high bandwidth, low latency intrachip photonic communication networks designed to enable chip multiprocessors with hundreds or thousands of compute cores to realize extremely high computational efficiency (actual performance). The proposer will be expected to select aggressive chip multiprocessor design drivers in a future technology node (~ 20 nm), and to design for them credible, high connectivity photonic networks that are non-blocking and have low message latencies, narrow latency distributions, high communication bandwidth (to accommodate all expected traffic) and other characteristics that minimize programming effort. Detailed analyses of network communication parameters and demonstration of system-level performance benefits for their chosen network designs are expected. The proposer will also present plans on how they will achieve the photonic device performance required for implementation of their photonic network designs. Proposers will also be expected to demonstrate functional intrachip photonic communication links incorporating all critical photonic and electronic components/technologies working together on a chip and demonstrate link performance that validates the photonic network designs and the expected system performance benefits. Proposed UNIC R&D should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, circuits, and computing systems. Specifically excluded is R&D that primarily results in incremental or evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. 07-35, entitled Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip Communication (UNIC), is provided as an attachment to this solicitation notice and includes information on the specific areas of interest; the submission process; proposal formats; evaluation and selection/funding processes; as well as all other pertinent administrative and contractual information. The BAA may be obtained from the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, Grants.gov website: http://www.grants.gov/, World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.darpa.mil/mto(go to solicitation area) or by fax, electronic mail, or mail request to the administrative contact address given below. Proposals not meeting the format or following the submission instructions described in the BAA may not be reviewed. PROPOSERS QUESTIONS A Proposers Questions, website will be posted for BAA 07-35 on the DARPA, Microsystems Technology Office solicitations page (www.darpa.mil/baa/#eto). If you would like to have a question answered and posted on this site, please send your question to the following address: [email protected].
Federal Grant Title: | Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip Communication (UNIC) |
Federal Agency Name: | DARPA Microsystems Technology Office |
Grant Categories: | Science and Technology |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | BAA07-35 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement Procurement Contract Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 12.910 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Research and Technology Development |
Current Application Deadline: | No deadline provided |
Original Application Deadline: | Apr 24, 2008 This BAA will remain open from 24 Ap |
Posted Date: | Apr 24, 2007 |
Creation Date: | Apr 24, 2007 |
Archive Date: | Apr 30, 2008 |
Total Program Funding: | |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Expected Number of Awards: | |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
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- Michael Blackstone
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