CeecS Laboratory
Background
With energy used for computing applications expected to become a significant fraction of electricity used by humans over the next few years, the DOE’s AMMTO office is leading an effort on the EES2, with a goal to reduce energy by 1000X in two decades since 2022 September. This effort was primarily catalyzed by the SLAC/Stanford technical analysis and the Semiconductor Research Corporation decadal report.
Further research led to quantifying both the extent of the problem and possible solution pathways aiding in the launch of the DOE AMMTO’s Energy Efficient Scaling effort. As of 2025, about 80 international entities including several semiconductor and computer industry leaders such as AMD, ARM, IBM, Google, Intel, Micron, Microsoft, SAP etc. have signed the pledge to meet the goal of 1000X energy reduction in two decades.
About CeecS
The effort is to establish a first-of-its-kind center on energy efficient computing addressing energy and material efficiency driven by systematic measurements and characterization of computer systems. With focus on energy needs for Computing, we believe that the Center for Energy Efficient Computing Systems will enable growth of compute-centric Artificial Intelligence for the US and the community.
CeecS Courses
This class on Reframing Computing from Energy Perspective: From biological systems to Artificial Intelligence is being offered for the first time and intends to look at computing from multiple perspectives with the common theme of energy efficiency.
CeecS Areas
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