Boilermakers across all disciplines are dedicating their strengths to better understand AI. PRF is helping to turn their innovations into real world industry impact.
Here are just a few ways that AI is being used at Purdue to turn innovative research into real-world impact.
SEMICONDUCTORS
U.S. Department of Commerce announces $450M grant and $500M loan to SK hynix’s AI memory chip facility at Purdue Research Park
In August 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has agreed to a preliminary memorandum of terms with SK hynix to provide up to $450 million in direct funding, and an additional loan of up to $500 million, to support high-bandwidth-memory (HBM) production and advanced packaging research and development for AI supply chain security in the U.S.
Managed by the Purdue Research Foundation, Purdue Research Park was chosen as SK hynix’s location as it unites discovery and delivery with easy access to Purdue faculty experts in the semiconductor field, highly sought-after graduates prepared to work in the industry, and vast Purdue research resources, including its bachelor’s degree in AI.
QUANTUM COMPUTING
From eureka moments to industry impact: Tillmann Kubis’ quantum code library
Purdue professor Tillmann Kubis is changing the world through quantum mechanics. His laid-back demeanor and desire for everyone to understand what he’s working on is so compelling, it almost feels like you too could have a grasp on quantum mechanics.
His most recent innovation is Rhino Sim. The bespoke system allows for ideation and innovation more quickly and cheaply than ever before with AI a foundational piece of the puzzle. Current code makes it possible for users to simulate initial semiconductor design all the way through the “packaging” of multiple components, a growing focus in the semiconductor industry.
The potential of Rhino Sim, however, goes far beyond semiconductors. Kubis envisions a system agnostic Rhino Sim which can quickly and efficiently untangle massive data sets from transportation to logistics to traffic jams to bird migration patterns and beyond.
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Purdue Innovates Ventures doubles down on Ixana’s revolutionary “Body-Internet” technology
Dubbed real-time, wearable AI, Ixana’s groundbreaking “Body-Internet Platform” offers a fundamentally new wireless technology designed from the ground up for the performance of wired communication with the convenience of wireless to the defense industry, consumers and beyond.
This innovation confines wireless signals around the body’s surface, offering unparalleled security and efficiency compared to traditional wireless technologies like Bluetooth. It’s poised to create an electronic analog of human nervous system to unlock real-time brain-AI communication tomorrow.
Purdue Innovates Ventures recently announced a follow-on investment in Ixana in light of their accelerated growth and significant traction in both the defense and commercial sectors.
IOT SOFTWARE
ClearBlade pioneers foundational IoT software for Intelligent Infrastructure
The future is connected, but how we collectively plug in isn’t always so apparent. Enter ClearBlade: providing an IoT platform “capable of pretty much anything” that bridges the gap between physical devices and software, fundamentally revolutionizing the way buildings cities and whole industries operate.
The ClearBlade IoT & Edge Platform delivers AI, edge-native computing, and extreme flexibility, empowering operation teams to get things done fast.
The Purdue-connected company (CEO Eric Simone is a computer science alumnus) recently welcomed a follow-on investment from Purdue Innovates Ventures.
LICENSING & COMMERCIALIZATION
Over 1000 Purdue technologies available for licensing, including AI innovations
The Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization helps Purdue inventors disclose their innovations and de-risk their technology and industry license Purdue technology to create real-world impact.
Explore current licenses leveraging AI:
