A resource-oriented data management architecture for nanoCMOS electronics

Harbulot, B., Berry, D., Davenhall, C., Jones, M., Millar, C., Roy, G., Sinnott, R.O., Stewart, G. and Asenov, A. (2008) A resource-oriented data management architecture for nanoCMOS electronics. In: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 8-11 Sept 2008,

Abstract

The EPSRC pilot project Meeting the Design Challenges of NanoCMOS Electronics (nanoCMOS) began in October 2006 and is focused upon tackling the decreasing scale of modern semiconductor components. This scaling has direct impact upon the complete circuit and system electronics design process due to the variability in transistor behaviour caused by differences in atomic structure. To address these challenges, the project has focused upon large scale device simulations exploiting a wide variety of computational resources. This paper focuses on the approach adopted for managing the many hundreds of thousands of files being generated that are associated with these simulations. Specific challenges in achieving this are related to the fine grained security demanded in protecting intellectual property of data and metadata, and the seamless linkage of metadata associated with services. We believe that this data architecture has widespread applicability to many research areas.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Stewart, Dr Gordon and Sinnott, Professor Richard and Roy, Dr Gareth and Asenov, Professor Asen and Millar, Mr Cameron
• Authors: Harbulot, B., Berry, D., Davenhall, C., Jones, M., Millar, C., Roy, G., Sinnott, R.O., Stewart, G., and Asenov, A.
• Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering; Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: University Services > IT Services > Computing Service; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering