At the Low-Power SoC Lab, we conduct research, development, and educational programs centered on power-aware System-on-Chip (SoC) design. Our interests span low-power electronics—encompassing devices, circuits, and architectures—along with computer-aided design (CAD) methodologies for power-efficient digital VLSI implementation. We also explore ultra-low-voltage circuit operation, low-power processor architectures, edge computing platforms, and dynamic power/thermal management.
Beyond these core areas, we engage in cross-disciplinary investigations into power-dissipation modeling and analysis, power conversion and regulation, integrated-circuit design, system integration and PCB layout, as well as system-level validation and online performance monitoring. Furthermore, we are pushing boundaries in next-generation computing—developing low-power design strategies and HW·SW co-optimization techniques for neuromorphic and quantum computing. Through this holistic approach, we aim to pioneer the fundamental technologies that will shape the future of ultra-efficient, high-performance computing.
[2025.06] the Radar-PIM-Lite paper has been accepted to ISLPED (DC) 2025.
[2025.05] the ASAP-FE paper has been accepted to ISLPED 2025.
[2025.04] Jeongmin Jin joined our group as a Lab. intern.
[2025.02] the HH-PIM paper was accepted to DAC 2025.
[2025.02] Kyeong-Pil Min, Chae-Bin Jung, and Eun-su Cho have joined our research group as M.S. students.
[2024.11] the AESware paper was accepted for publication in JESTCH.
[2024.10] a QC paper was accepted for publication in AIMS Mathematics.
[2024.09] Eun-Su Cho joined our group as a Lab. intern.
[2024.09] 우리 연구실 학부연구생(김병민, 이효건, 민경필, 정채빈)의 2024 한국 대학생 반도체 회로설계 경진대회 기업특별상을 축하합니다.
[2024.09] the Radar-PIM paper was accepted for publication in IEEE IoTJ, and the H-PIM paper was accepted for publication in Micromachines.
[2024.08] the SNX paper was accepted for publication in ETRIJ.
[2024.07] the Florian paper was accepted for publication in IEEE TCAS-I.
[2024.05] the STARC paper was accepted to ISLPED 2024.
[2024.04] the Day-Night processor paper was accepted for publication in JSA.
[2024.03] Hyunseok Kwak, Jongin Choi, and Seunghyun Choi joined our research group as M.S. students, and Kyeong-Pil Min and Chae-Bin Jung joined our group as Lab. interns.
[2024.02] a HBC paper was accepted for publication in IEEE TCAS-II, and an AI-based PID autotuner paper was accepted for publication in Mathematics.
[2023.09] 제24회 대한민국 반도체설계대전 기업특별상 (이경원, 전상민, 이강주: "RADAR-PIM: 레이더 기반 호흡 탐지를 위한 PIM SoC 프로토타입") 수상을 축하합니다.
[2023.08] Hyunseok Kwak, Jiwon Choi, Seunghyun Choi, Hyokeon Lee, Byung-Min Kim joined our group as Lab. interns.
[2023.05] a Lightweight RISC-V processor paper was accepted to ISLPED 2023.
[2022.11] an ULP RISC-V processor paper was accepted to DATE 2023.
[2022.11] an SNN paper was accepted for publication in Mathematics.
[2022.09] 제23회 대한민국 반도체설계대전 산업통상자원부 장관상 (박진아, 최은진, 이경원: "웨어러블 센서 기반 비정상 감지 특화 초저전력 RISC-V 프로세서") 수상을 축하합니다.
[2022.08] Prof. Lee's office has been moved from room 625 of building 310 to room 638 of the same building.
[2022.07] Kangju Lee joined our group as a Lab. intern.
[2022.07] Min-Gi Jeon, Kyu-Bae Lee, Sangmin Jeon, Jina Park, Eunjin Choi, Kyungwon Lee, and Prof. Lee attended DAC 2022 in San Francisco and exhibited our research at Ubooth.
[2022.06] an SNN paper was accepted for publication in IEEE TIM.
[2022.05] a TEI SRAM paper was accepted for publication in JSTS.
[2022.04] Our lab. has been moved from room 533 of building 207 to room 717 of the same building.
[2022.03] Jee-Won Kim joined our group as a Lab. intern.
[2022.01] RVX (+TEI) has been featured on the news: news.naver.com/main/read.naver?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=105&oid=014&aid=0004771623
[2021.12] 우리 연구실 이우영, 전상민 학생이 참여한 "RISC-V SoC for Stress Measurement" 프로젝트의 CAU 공학학술제 (학장상), LINK+ 캡스톤디자인 어워드 (우수상) 수상을 축하합니다.
[2021.12] Sangmin Jeon joined our research group as a candidate for M.S. degree.
[2021.12] Kyungwon Lee joined our group as a Lab. intern.
[2021.10] Prof. Lee has been appointed as a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea (법무부 법무자문위원회).
[2021.09] 제22회 대한민국 반도체설계대전 산업부장관상 (이우영,박진아,변창준,최은진: "K-means Clustering-specific RISC-V Processor"), 기업특별상 (이재형,이승영,장형욱: "Developing a Multicore Platform Utilizing Open RISC-V Cores") 수상을 축하합니다.
[2021.08] a TC paper was accepted for publication in IEEE Access.
[2021.08] a RISC-V processor paper was accepted to IEEE ISOCC conf.
[2021.08] "SNN 기반 인공지능반도체: 이것이 답일까?" 주간기술동향 2010호
[2021.06] Jina Park and Eunjin Choi joined our group as a Lab. intern.
[2021.05] a HBC paper was accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM).
[2021.02] Wooyoung Lee joined our group as a PE student and Lab. intern.
[2021.01] Kyu-Bae Lee and Min-Gi Jeon joined our research group as M.S. students.
[2020.10] a RVX application paper was presented at IEEE ISOCC conf.
[2020.10] a RVX paper was accepted for publication in IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
[2020.09] a HBC paper was published for publication in IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM).
[2020.08] Kyu-Bae Lee and Min-Gi Jeon joined our research group as candidates for graduate students.
[2020.05] The RISC-V eXpress (RVX) was first used in a digital system design class.
[2020.03] Jae-hyuong Lee, Seung-Yeong Lee, and Mithona Phou joined our research group for MS course.
[2020.02] a DDFS paper was published for publication in IEEE Access.
[2019.09] a LW-DEM paper was published for publication in IEEE Access.
[2019.09] a TEI-ULP paper was published in IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD).
[2019.07] TEI-inspired Ultra-low Power SoC Platform was presented at ACM/IEEE ISLPED conf.
[2019.06] a MMNoC paper was published for publication in IEEE Access.
[2019.04] a Diagnosable NoC paper was published in IEEE Design & Test.
[2019.03] Prof. Lee joined the School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University as an assistant professor.