About me
My research is in the general area of microelectronic circuits, computer architecture and its associated software tools. The objective of my research is to promote pervasive reconfigurable computing by exploring novel integrated system architectures, developing their associated computer-aided design (CAD) software tools, and investigating new methodology to effectively exploit emerging new device technologies. My primary focus is reconfigurability whereby the system architecture, implementation, and function can be changed and adapted both in hardware and software. This makes it possible to build a large number of different systems using the same reconfigurable hardware platform, configure systems around imperfections, or adapt system functions to changes in protocols or environments, at very low design and manufacturing cost.
Currently, under the supervision of Professor Abbas El Gamal , my research focuses on next generation FPGA architectures as part of a DARPA funded project joint with the Center of Integrated System (CIS). The main objective is to investigate how computer-aided design software, 3D integration, and scaled CMOS technology can benefit the performance of Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). My research results have shown that the combination of optimized placement/routing software and appropriately exploiting 3D IC technologies together with deeply scaled CMOS can improve FPGA performance by at least one order of magnitude relative to 2D-FPGAs, which would make FPGAs significantly more competitive with ASICs.
Currently in the final phase of my PhD program at EL GAMAL RESEARCH GROUP , I expect to receive my doctorate in March 2008.