Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

National Initiatives

IPL ZEP

• Title: Zero-Power computing systems

• Coordinator: Kevin Marquet (Inria Socrate)

• Corse participants: Fabrice Rastello

• Other Inria Partners: Cairn, Pacap

• Duration: from Apr. 2017 to Sept. 2019

• Abstract: The ZEP project addresses the issue of designing tiny computing objects with no battery by combining non-volatile memory (NVRAM), energy harvesting, micro-architecture innovations, compiler optimizations, and static analysis. The main application target is Internet of Things (IoT) where small communicating objects will be composed of this computing part associated to a low-power wake-up radio system. The ZEP project gathers four Inria teams that have a scientific background in architecture, compilation, operating system and low power together with the CEA Lialp and Lisan laboratories of CEA LETI & LIST. The major outcomes of the project will be a prototype harvesting board including NVRAM and the design of a new microprocessor associated with its optimizing compiler and operating system.