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Custom Accelerators for Monte-Carlo Particle Transport Simulators

This project proposes the development, integration, and physical implementation of specialized hardware accelerators to overcome the primary performance bottlenecks in Monte Carlo particle transport simulators. Focusing on the dominant cross-section (XS) lookup kernel, we will refine our novel processing-near-memory accelerator design and explore its adaptation for next-generation cross-section representation methods. Furthermore, we will investigate the integration of these accelerators within a customized RISC-V manycore system architecture, employing a hardware-software codesign approach to optimize simulator algorithms. The final deliverable will be a manufacturable GDSII layout, targeting high performance modern process node, with an option for a small-scale ASIC prototype.