NanoX Lab

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Welcome to the NanoX Lab, a research group led by Prof. Haitong Li in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. We are proud to be part of Semiconductors@Purdue, UPWARDS for the Future, Institute of Chips and AI, ASIP Institute, Institute for a Sustainable Future, and A3D3 Institute.

Microelectronics is the foundation of our modern digital economy. In the 21st century, hardware platforms from health-monitoring and mixed-reality wearable devices, to autonomous cars and robots, will empower ubiquitous applications with intelligence to shape our life, education, work, and entertainment. The next-generation hardware technologies must deliver unprecedented energy efficiency with growing capabilities for a sustainable future. And nanoelectronics has much to offer in this pursuit.

In the NanoX Lab, we work across the stack to realize energy-efficient electronic systems for ubiquitous machine intelligence, enabled by new nanotechnologies and their system integration. ‘X’ represents: (a) synergistic research at the intersection of devices, circuits, systems, and computational models; (b) diverse nanotechnologies to augment leading-edge silicon CMOS through integration.


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Jun 4, 2025 (In Purdue ECE News) Prof. Li was honored to be nominated and selected for the 2025 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, organized by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Academy of Japan.
Mar 17, 2025 One paper led by Mufeng is accepted at IMW 2025! We designed analog multilevel eDRAM-RRAM CIM and explored BEOL oxide-semiconductor FETs for zeroth-order model fine-tuning applications.
Feb 26, 2025 Our paper on 3D-CIMlet led by Shuting is accepted at DAC 2025! We developed a new chiplet co-design framework exploiting heterogeneous memory technologies for LLM inference and continual learning.
Jan 13, 2025 Prof. Li is co-chairing the “Emerging Computing and Post-CMOS Technologies” Track at GLSVLSI 2025. Please submit your related research work!
Oct 29, 2024 We organized a special session on “Delocalizing AI with Emerging Edge Intelligence” at ICCAD 2024.
Oct 2, 2024 Prof. Li gave an invited talk on energy-efficient computational memories for neuro-symbolic AI at ESWEEK 2024.
Sep 16, 2024 Awarded an NSF Future of Semiconductors (FuSe2) grant! NSF News. Purdue ECE News. University News.
Sep 11, 2024 One paper (jointly with Stanford and CEA-Leti) accepted at IEDM 2024, introducing a monolithic 3D gain-cell/RRAM technology on Si CMOS. Congrats to Shuting as a co-author!
Aug 15, 2024 Our position paper co-authored with Fermilab on “Analog/Hybrid Co-Design Flow Methodology” will appear in the ​2024 Analog Computing for Science Workshop organized by DoE.
Jun 23, 2024 Prof. Li is giving an invited talk on “CMOS+X” for neuro-vector-symbolic computing at DRC 2024. Congratulations to Luqi as the lead author of the invited paper!
Apr 5, 2024 Shuting is accepted as a DAC Young Fellow attending DAC 2024. Congratulations!

Contact

Haitong Li | NanoX Lab | Email: haitongli [at] purdue [.] edu
Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Eingineering
College of Engineering, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
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