John Wilson ![](/sites/default/files/person/John_Wilson.jpg) **John Wilson** received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh. He is a principal research scientist with the Circuits Research Group, NVIDIA Inc., Durham, North Carolina. From 2003 to 2006, he was a research professor at NCSU leading projects in advanced packaging, ac-coupled communication in 2.5D/3D ICs, and on-chip global signaling. From 2006 to 2012, he worked with Rambus Inc. on high-speed input–output (I/O) circuit design and methods to mitigate signal and power integrity problems in single-ended interfaces. His research interests include high-speed I/O circuit design, on-chip signaling, signal integrity, advanced packaging, and chip/package co-design. He has more than 70+ publications and 45 granted patents. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. Research Area(s) [Circuits and VLSI Design](/index.php/research-area/circuits) Main Field of Interest [Circuits and VLSI Design](/index.php/research-area/circuits) ### Publications ### 2024 [A 0.190-pJ/bit 25.2-Gb/s/wire Inverter-Based AC-Coupled Transceiver for Short-Reach Die-to-Die Interfaces in 5-nm CMOS](/publication/2024-04_0190-pjbit-252-gbswire-inverter-based-ac-coupled-transceiver-short-reach-die) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) (Volume: 59, Issue: 4, April 2024)](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10185334) ### 2023 [A 0.190-pJ/bit 25.2-Gb/s/wire Inverter-Based AC-Coupled Transceiver for Short-Reach Die-to-Die Interfaces in 5-nm CMOS](/publication/2023-06_0190-pjbit-252-gbswire-inverter-based-ac-coupled-transceiver-short-reach-die) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [2023 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI TECHNOLOGY & CIRCUITS](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10185334) [A 0.297-pJ/Bit 50.4-Gb/s/Wire Inverter-Based Short-Reach Simultaneous Bi-Directional Transceiver for Die-to-Die Interface in 5-nm CMOS](/publication/2023-04_0297-pjbit-504-gbswire-inverter-based-short-reach-simultaneous-bi-directional) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ( Volume: 58, Issue: 4, April 2023)](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10011563) ### 2022 [A 0.297-pJ/bit 50.4-Gb/s/wire Inverter-Based Short-Reach Simultaneous Bidirectional Transceiver for Die-to-Die Interface in 5nm CMOS](/publication/2022-06_0297-pjbit-504-gbswire-inverter-based-short-reach-simultaneous-bidirectional) [Yoshinori Nishi](/person/yoshi-nishi), John W. Poulton, [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [2022 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI TECHNOLOGY & CIRCUITS](https://archive.vlsisymposium.org/22web/about/) ### 2020 [Reference-Noise Compensation Scheme for Single- Ended Package-to-Package Links](/publication/2020-02_reference-noise-compensation-scheme-single-ended-package-package-links) [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Trey Greer](/person/trey-greer), John Poulton, [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [2020 International Solid-State Circuits Conference](http://isscc.org/) ### 2019 [A 1.17-pJ/b, 25-Gb/s/pin Ground-Referenced Single-Ended Serial Link for Off- and On-Package Communication Using a Process- and Temperature-Adaptive Voltage Regulator](/publication/2019-01_117-pjb-25-gbspin-ground-referenced-single-ended-serial-link-and-package) John Poulton, [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), Wenxu Zhao, Sunil Sudhakaran, [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray), [William Dally](/person/william-dally) IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS ### 2018 [Hardware-Enabled Artificial Intelligence](/publication/2018-06_hardware-enabled-artificial-intelligence) [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray), John Poulton, [Brucek Khailany](/person/brucek-khailany), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Larry Dennison](/person/larry-dennison) Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits [Ground-Referenced Signaling for Intra-Chip and Short-Reach Chip-to-Chip Interconnects](/publication/2018-04_ground-referenced-signaling-intra-chip-and-short-reach-chip-chip-interconnects) [Walker Turner](/person/walker-turner), John Poulton, [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Matt Fojtik](/person/matt-fojtik), [Trey Greer](/person/trey-greer), [Brian Zimmer](/person/brian-zimmer), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), [Nikola Nedovic](/person/nikola-nedovic), [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), Sunil Sudhakaran, Rizwan Bashirullah, Wenxu Zhao, [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) Custom Integrated Circuits Conference [A Switching Linear Regulator Based on a Fast-Self-Clocked Comparator with Very Low Probability of Meta-stability and a Parallel Analog Ripple Control Module](/publication/2018-04_switching-linear-regulator-based-fast-self-clocked-comparator-very-low) [Sudhir Kudva](/person/sudhir-kudva), [Sanquan Song](/person/sanquan-song), John Poulton, [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), Wenxu Zhao, [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) Custom Integrated Circuits Conference [A 1.17pJ/b 25Gb/s/pin Ground-Referenced Single Ended Serial Link for Off- and On-Package Communication in 16nm CMOS Using a Process- and Temperature-Adaptive Voltage Regulator](/index.php/publication/2018-02_117pjb-25gbspin-ground-referenced-single-ended-serial-link-and-package) [John Wilson](/index.php/person/john-wilson), [Walker Turner](/index.php/person/walker-turner), John Poulton, [Brian Zimmer](/index.php/person/brian-zimmer), [Xi Chen](/index.php/person/xi-chen), [Sanquan Song](/index.php/person/sanquan-song), [Stephen Tell](/index.php/person/stephen-tell), [Nikola Nedovic](/index.php/person/nikola-nedovic), Wenxu Zhao, Sunil Sudhakaran, [Tom Gray](/index.php/person/tom-gray), [William Dally](/index.php/person/william-dally) ISSCC ### 2017 [Fine-Grained DRAM: Energy-Efficient DRAM for Extreme Bandwidth Systems](/publication/2017-10_fine-grained-dram-energy-efficient-dram-extreme-bandwidth-systems) [Mike O'Connor](/person/mike-o-connor), [Niladrish Chatterjee](/person/niladrish-chatterjee), [Donghyuk Lee](/person/donghyuk-lee), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), Aditya Agrawal, [Steve Keckler](/person/stephen-keckler), [William Dally](/person/william-dally) [International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO)](https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3124545) ### 2016 [A 6.5-to-23.3fJ/b/mm Balanced Charge-Recycling Bus in 16nm FinFET CMOS at 1.7-to-2.6Gb/s/wire with Clock Forwarding and Low-Crosstalk Contraflow Wiring](/publication/2016-02_65-233fjbmm-balanced-charge-recycling-bus-16nm-finfet-cmos-17-26gbswire-clock) [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Matt Fojtik](/person/matt-fojtik), John Poulton, [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [Trey Greer](/person/trey-greer), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray), [William Dally](/person/william-dally) [International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2016)](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7417954/) ### 2015 [High-speed Low-power On-chip Global Signaling Design Overview](/index.php/publication/2015-01_high-speed-low-power-chip-global-signaling-design-overview) [Xi Chen](/index.php/person/xi-chen), [John Wilson](/index.php/person/john-wilson), John Poulton, Rizwan Bashirullah, [Tom Gray](/index.php/person/tom-gray) [DesignCon](http://presentations.designcon.com/events/santa-clara/2015/conference-sessions) ### 2013 [A 0.54 pJ/b 20 Gb/s Ground-Referenced Single-Ended Short-Reach Serial Link in 28 nm CMOS for Advanced Packaging Applications](/publication/2013-12_054-pjb-20-gbs-ground-referenced-single-ended-short-reach-serial-link-28-nm) John Poulton, [William Dally](/person/william-dally), [Xi Chen](/person/xi-chen), John Eyles, [Trey Greer](/person/trey-greer), [Stephen Tell](/person/stephen-tell), [John Wilson](/person/john-wilson), [Tom Gray](/person/tom-gray) [Journal of Solid State Circuits](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6601723)