Researchers from EPFL, AMD, and the University of Novi Sad have uncovered a long-standing inefficiency in the algorithm that programs millions of reconfigurable chips used worldwide, a discovery that could reshape how future generations of these are designed and programmed. Many industries, including telecoms, automotive, aerospace and particle physics rely […]

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What started out as a doctoral challenge has grown, and blossomed into a technology shared across universities around Europe. As a doctoral student in Prof. David Atienza’s Embedded Systems Lab, Simone Machetti was tasked to build a modular, customizable, energy-efficient platform that could be shared with, and used by, different […]

Technology generally follows our desire to have always more accuracy. Our smartphones constantly promise more detailed images, and higher resolution video. However, in some contexts, lower resolution is better. Dr. Chang Meng of the Laboratory of Integrated Systems has a curious research goal: “My work is to introduce more harmless […]

Since the turn of the century, we most often use the word “analog” to refer to outdated technology, like radios from the pre-digital era, or dashboards with dials and needles. However, analog is coming back with a vengeance. Nowhere is this more striking than in the field of optical computing. […]

If a doctor wants to know how well a cough treatment is working, it can be useful to know exactly how frequently the patient has been coughing. However, a patient’s state of mind might influence the impression they have about this: whether they are happy or sad, tired or not, […]

Many thanks to all who took part in the EcoCloud Townhall on the 10th June, 2026. It was a great event! Below are some photos of our speakers. Read the presentation Prof. Giovanni de Micheli, EcoCloud EcoCloud Director Doctoral Researcher Enea Figini Doctoral Researcher Ali Ansari, PARSA Dr. Xavier Ouvrard, […]

One of our teams has rolled out Gem5-AcceSys: an innovative framework for a system-level exploration of standard interconnects and configurable memory hierarchies. A series of tests using this new technology will be presented at the Design Automation Conference in San Francisco. In this study it has been shown that optimized […]

Concerns about datacentre energy consumption are nothing new. Noting a wasteful mismatch between the desktop central processing units (CPUs) and datacentre requirements, researchers set out to deliver a chip that was fit for purpose. The result was commercialized and sparked a trend for Arm-based server chips for the cloud. To […]