Applications and Systems-Driven Center for Energy-Efficient Integrated NanoTechnologies
ASCENT was a microelectronics research center funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). ASCENT ended in 2023. The center provided breakthrough advances in integrated nanoelectronics to sustain the promise of Moore’s Law. ASCENT was led by the University of Notre Dame along with 13 partner universities and 31 Principal Investigators.
Nanoelectronics Research is Driving Advancements In
- Machine learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Heterogeneous Integration
- Neuromorphic Computing
- Spintronics
Sponsorships
The ASCENT Research Center is powered by JUMP, a collaborative network of research centers sponsored by semiconductor industry participants across the globe and DARPA. Its mission is to enable the continued pace of growth of the microelectronics industry with discoveries that release the evolutionary constraints of traditional semiconductor technology development.
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Analog Devices Inc.
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ARM Limited
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EMD Performance Materials (a Merck KGaA affiliate)
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IBM Corp
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Intel Corp
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Lockheed Martin Corp
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Micron Technology, Inc
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Northrop Grumman Corp
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Raytheon Company
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Samsung Electronics Co LTD
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. LTD. (TSMC)
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SK hynix
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DARPA
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NSF
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NIST