

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. |
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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! |
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Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Eingineering
College of Engineering, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
