{"id":292,"date":"2022-11-16T21:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:57:37","slug":"current-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/projects\/current-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<a onclick=\"topFunction()\" id=\"toTop\" aria-label=\"Go to top\">\n<\/a>\n\t<header>\n<h2>Current Projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#pixels\">PIXELS: Processing In-Pixel-in-Memory for Efficient Low-energy Heterogeneous Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#trebuchet\">TREBUCHET: A High-Powered Processor for Cutting-Edge Encryption<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#brace\">BRACE: Bitstream Assurance Checking Engine for Undocumented Functionality<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cift\">CIFT: Comprehensive Independent Functional Testing of Commercial FPGA Devices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#a5\">Mirage: A Security Metrics Driven Obfuscation Design Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tracer\">TRACER: Tasklet Reconfigurable Agile Spectrum Processor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/header>\n<article>\n    <section><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/object_tracking.png\" alt=\"Software Tracking Objects on the Street\"\/><\/section>\n    <section><h2>PIXELS: Processing In-Pixel-in-Memory for Efficient Low-energy Heterogeneous Systems<\/h2><p>An in-pixel processing platform that leverages low-power analog\/digital computing to perform AI computations within the pixel array, achieving significant benefits in bandwidth and EDP.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/projects\/current-projects\/pixels\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n    <section><h2>TREBUCHET: A High-Powered Processor for Cutting-Edge Encryption<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/projects-trebuchet\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/section>\n    <section><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/Trebuchet-1200.jpg\" alt=\"Microchip with Circuits Flwoing Outwards and a Lock on Top of It\"\/><\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n    <section><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/08\/FPGA-VHDL.jpg\" alt=\"Futuristic Circuitry Close Up\"\/><\/section>\n    <section><h2>BRACE: Bitstream Assurance Checking Engine for Undocumented Functionality<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/projects\/current-projects\/brace\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n    <section><h2>CIFT: Comprehensive Independent Functional Testing of Commercial FPGA Devices<\/h2><p>Exhaustive functional testing of FPGA devices for supply chain and reliability verification.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/projects\/current-projects\/cift\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/section>\n    <section><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/07\/ift11.jpg\" alt=\"IFT Logo\"\/><\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n    <section><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/04\/iStock-11663340151.jpg\" alt=\"A Person Trying to Hack a Computer\"\/><\/section>\n    <section><h2>Mirage: A Security Metrics Driven Obfuscation Design Environment<\/h2><p>ASIC circuit obfuscation metrics and CAD tools.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/projects\/current-projects\/mirage\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/section>\n<\/article>\n<article>\n    <section><h2>Tasklet Reconfigurable Agile Spectrum Processor (TRACER)<\/h2><p>Leveraging heterogeneous high\u2011performance hardware, tasklet switching, and on\u2011chip scheduling to build an agile RF accelerator that processes up to 40 GHz of bandwidth.<a href=\"\/projects-tracer\">Learn More<\/a><\/p><\/section>\n    <section><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isi.edu\/research-groups-rcg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/10\/tracer-chart.png\" alt=\"TRACER chart\"\/><\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Projects PIXELS: Processing In-Pixel-in-Memory for Efficient Low-energy Heterogeneous Systems TREBUCHET: A High-Powered Processor for Cutting-Edge Encryption BRACE: Bitstream Assurance Checking Engine for Undocumented Functionality CIFT: Comprehensive Independent Functional Testing of Commercial FPGA Devices Mirage: A Security Metrics Driven Obfuscation Design Environment TRACER: Tasklet Reconfigurable Agile Spectrum Processor PIXELS: Processing In-Pixel-in-Memory for Efficient Low-energy 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