{"id":43594,"date":"2024-02-13T11:33:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=43594"},"modified":"2024-02-13T11:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:33:04","slug":"uk-ai-research-hub-april-to-deliver-next-generation-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uk-ai-research-hub-april-to-deliver-next-generation-technology\/43594\/","title":{"rendered":"UK AI research hub \u2018APRIL\u2019 to deliver next-generation technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
APRIL is one of nine new AI research hubs across the country that will develop AI tools to accelerate the development of key components. These include new semiconductor materials, integrated circuits, complex microchip designs, and system architectures.<\/p>\n
The research should lead to faster, cheaper, greener, and overall more power-efficient electronics.<\/p>\n
The new hubs are supported by \u00a380m in new funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation.<\/p>\n
The APRIL AI research hub will be led by Edinburgh\u2019s Regius Chair of Engineering, Professor Themis Prodromakis. The University of Glasgow is also set to support the project\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n
The research hub will be structured with five main pillars across the semiconductor innovation chain. The pillars are materials discovery, device design, system and circuit design, testing and verification, and modelling.<\/p>\n
The modelling work, which will provide a link between all the work packages, will be led by Professor Vihar Georgiev, Professor of Nanoelectronics at the University of Glasgow.<\/p>\n