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CHICO Workshop 2026

CHICO 2026

Workshop on Chiplet-based Heterogeneous Integration and CO-design

Long Beach Convention Center · Mtg Room 102B
Long Beach, CA

Contemporary microelectronic design is facing tremendous challenges in memory bandwidth, processing speed and power consumption.

Although recent advances in monolithic design, such as near-memory and in-memory computing, help relieve some issues, the scaling trend is still lagging behind the ever-increasing demand of AI, HPC and other applications.

In this context, technological innovations beyond a monolithic chip, such as 2.5D and 3D packaging at the macro and micro levels, are critical to enabling heterogeneous integration with various types of chiplets and bringing significant performance and cost benefits for future systems. Such a paradigm shift further drives new innovations on chiplet IPs, heterogeneous architectures and system mapping.

Workshop scope

This workshop is designed to be a forum that is highly interactive, timely and informative, on the related topics:

1
Roadmap and technology perspectives of heterogeneous integration
2
IP definition for chiplets
3
Signaling interface across chiplets
4
Network topology for data movement
5
Design solutions for power delivery
6
Thermal management
7
Testing in a heterogeneous system
8
High-level synthesis for the chiplet system
9
Architectural innovations
10
Ecosystems of IPs and EDA tools

Proposed Format

The format of the workshop will consist of multiple invited presentations from industry, academia, and government funding agencies. We will also organize panels for discussions.

Intended Audience

Industry and academic researchers, funding agencies, IP providers, EDA tool vendors, foundries, and practitioners working on chiplet-based heterogeneous systems.

Workshop program

Time Activity
9:00 am –
9:15 am

Introduction

Section 1: Advanced Packaging and Multi-Physics Analysis (morning)
9:15 am –
11:30 am
  • Ravi Mahajan (Intel): Packaging technology and analysis
  • Tiwei Wei (UCLA): Cooling technology
  • Akhilesh Kumar (Synopsys): Multi-Physics Analysis for heterogeneous integration
  • Zheng Zhang (UCSB): Numerical analysis for 3D systems
11:30 am –
12:00 pm

Morning Panel Discussion: Joint with all invited speakers

12:00 pm –
1:30 pm

Lunch

Section 2: Chiplet-based Design and Integration (afternoon)
1:30 pm –
4:30 pm
  • Vinayak Honkote (Intel): Chiplet-based integration
  • Zhengya Zhang (UMich): UCIe and chiplet interface
  • Cho Moon (Precision Innovations): Open infrastructure for 3D
  • Anshuman Chandra (Siemens): Testing of a chiplet system
4:30 pm –
5:00 pm

Afternoon Panel Discussion: Joint with all invited speakers