Internet of Things

The study yields new insights into the survival of a native snail important to Tahitian culture and ecology and to biologists studying evolution, while proving the viability of similar studies of very small animals including insects

Prof. David Wentzloff’s paper examining the trends and techniques to achieve ultra-low power receivers was honored by the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

Kim takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackle challenges in heterogeneous classes of energy-efficient and versatile communication systems.

With the help of two NSF awards totaling $1.7m, Prof. Hessam Mahdavifar is tackling new problems to improve the reliability of communication systems for 5G and beyond.

The Michigan Micro Mote gets a new gallium arsenide solar cell for added power and adaptability.

Researchers built the first millimeter-scale transmitter and antenna that can talk Bluetooth Low Energy with ease.

Keeping time in the Internet of Things with frequency scaling

The law of small numbers could impact the next generation of tools that deal with data.

Kim’s research is expected to impact the future design and wireless operation of the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices

The latest from IBM and now the University of Michigan is redefining what counts as a computer at the microscale.

Professors Blaauw and Sylvester showcase capabilities of tiny computing

Movellus Circuits won $25,000 in the University Research Highlight and People’s Choice categories

Adkins plans to continue his graduate studies in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California Berkeley.

Avish conducts research on ultra-low power and battery-less integrated circuits.

The M3 is a fully autonomous computing system that acts as a smart sensing system.

Cyber-physical systems are smart, networked systems with embedded sensors, processors, and actuators that are designed to interact with the physical world.

IoT applications are the next wave of computing and the next driving force of the semiconductor industry. The startup PsiKick [now Everactive] is helping shape this future.

Ambiq Micro, Crossbar, Inc., and PsiKick, are leading the way in ultra-low power chip design, pioneering computer memory, and ultra-low power wireless sensor platforms.

Shahin and Sassan discussed everything from the acquisition trends of small vs. large companies to the importance of building a team with a range of expertise.

At the age of 24, Yang sold his company ChinaRen for $35 million.

Dr. Hanson is the co-founder of a startup semiconductor company that plans to lead the low-power revolution in electronics by powering the Internet of Things.

Instead of a battery, the chip Nathan is engineering uses two solar cells that look like they belong on a calculator.

The chips’ extreme energy efficiency enables them to be powered without a battery from harvested energy sources like vibration, thermal gradients, and more.

Movellus Circuits’ product is a patent-pending clock generator technology that is smaller, cheaper, and faster than existing solutions.

Avish is currently conducting research on ultra-low power radio technology and designing a low-power RF power amplifier.

Wentzloff aims to remove the necessity of a power outlet or even a battery to power miniature sensors.

This research is expected to have a fundamental and long term impact on a diverse set of applications ranging from energy conservation to health care.

U-M faculty have developed what is believed to be the first complete millimeter-scale computing system, with applications in radio communication and wireless sensing.

Until now, ubiquitous computing has been hampered by the size of necessary batteries—but Ambiq Micro is changing that, with their energy-efficient micro-controllers.

The system could enable new biomedical implants as well as home-, building- and bridge-monitoring devices.