Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00799, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Hossain, Masum (University of Alberta), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : With exponential growth in internet traffic data centers require wider band width interfaces at affordable power_x000D_
to keep cooling energy cost low and to be environment friendly. Consequently, many hardware challenges must_x000D_
be resolved to enable 100+ Gb/s interface by 2020. One of the key challenges is higher speed Analog to digital_x000D_
converters (ADC) that must provide higher resolution within acceptable thermal limits. This engage proposal_x000D_
explores some of those options in close collaboration with Microsemi Inc. located in Vancouver, Canada._x000D_
Instead of taking a traditional approach to rely on technology to improve the power efficiency, here we are_x000D_
looking at a novel architectural innovation to improve the information efficiency of the conversion process and_x000D_
achieve 32 GS/s Analog to Digital Converter within 350 mW power consumption., program purpose french : With exponential growth in internet traffic data centers require wider band width interfaces at affordable power_x000D_
to keep cooling energy cost low and to be environment friendly. Consequently, many hardware challenges must_x000D_
be resolved to enable 100+ Gb/s interface by 2020. One of the key challenges is higher speed Analog to digital_x000D_
converters (ADC) that must provide higher resolution within acceptable thermal limits. This engage proposal_x000D_
explores some of those options in close collaboration with Microsemi Inc. located in Vancouver, Canada._x000D_
Instead of taking a traditional approach to rely on technology to improve the power efficiency, here we are_x000D_
looking at a novel architectural innovation to improve the information efficiency of the conversion process and_x000D_
achieve 32 GS/s Analog to Digital Converter within 350 mW power consumption., agreement title english : High-speed Data Converter for 100 Gb/s Link Design, agreement title french : High-speed Data Converter for 100 Gb/s Link Design, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada