Breakthrough in Adaptive Electronics: Luleå University of Technology Secures Patent for Flexible Chiplet Orchestration

Researchers from Luleå University of Technology (LTU) have achieved a major milestone with a newly patented technology that could redefine how electronic systems are designed, optimized, and sustained across industries such as AI computing, automotive, and telecommunications.

The innovation, known as Flexible Chiplet Orchestration, enables electronic hardware to reconfigure itself in milliseconds, transforming traditional static systems into modular, adaptive, and intelligent architectures. This concept introduces a new design paradigm for future electronic systems—moving from fixed, monolithic hardware to dynamic, software-controlled chiplet ecosystems.

“This opens the door to a new design philosophy,” explains Dr. Shailesh Singh Chouhan, D.Sc.(Tech.), researcher at LTU. “Instead of building one large chip per product, companies can create libraries of reusable chiplets and combine them dynamically. It means faster innovation, lower costs, and greater scalability.”

From Fixed to Flexible Hardware

Traditional electronics often operate under fixed configurations, leaving parts of the hardware idle between tasks. The patented approach integrates an intelligent orchestration layer that dynamically reallocates computing resources to where they are most needed whether for diagnostics, data compression, or AI inference.

“The system continuously reallocates idle resources to other active tasks, ensuring every chiplet contributes meaningfully at all times,” says Dr. Chouhan.

This approach allows near-100% resource utilization, dramatically improving performance and efficiency while reducing energy consumption and electronic waste.

A Strategic Step Toward Sustainable and Intelligent Systems

The research represents a major step toward sustainable electronics and next-generation intelligent hardware. By introducing modularity and service-oriented control at the hardware level, the technology builds on the principles of the Eclipse Arrowhead Framework’s Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) — extending them from software to the physical layer of electronic systems.

“Hardware is becoming intelligent and context-aware,” adds Prof. Jerker Delsing, project coordinator of Arrowhead fPVN. “With this patented technology, we are taking a first step toward adaptive, sustainable electronic systems that can evolve and extend their functionality over time.”

Strong Connection to Arrowhead fPVN

This innovation is a direct outcome of ongoing research within the Arrowhead fPVN (Flexible Production Value Networks) project, which focuses on developing modular, interoperable, and intelligent systems for the next generation of production ecosystems.

The work demonstrates how the Eclipse Arrowhead SOA principles can be expanded beyond industrial automation and applied to chiplet-based microsystem design, paving the way for self-adaptive electronic infrastructures across sectors.

The Research Team

The patent is the result of collaborative research led by Dr. Shailesh Singh Chouhan, together with Prof. Jerker Delsing and former Associate Professor Cristina Paniagua Muro, all from the Cyber-Physical Systems division at Luleå University of Technology.

Their joint expertise in service-oriented architectures, embedded systems, and dynamic microsystem design has laid the foundation for a new generation of adaptive electronic technologies.

Funding Acknowledgment

The research is funded by internal funding from Luleå University of Technology and by the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips-JU) project Arrowhead fPVN (Grant No. 101111977) under the European Union’s framework for semiconductor innovation.

Read More

Read more about the research (pre-publications):
https://www.techrxiv.org/inst/26407?author_filter=973659&current_inst_tab=public

Contact

Dr. Shailesh Singh Chouhan
Researcher, Cyber Physical Systems
Luleå University of Technology
shailesh.chouhan@ltu.se | ☎️ +46 920 492165

Prof. Jerker Delsing
Professor, Cyber Physical Systems
Luleå University of Technology
jerker.delsing@ltu.se | ☎️ +46 706 261931

About Arrowhead fPVN
Arrowhead fPVN (Flexible Production Value Networks) aims to develop digital frameworks and reference implementations for highly flexible, service-oriented, and secure value networks in European manufacturing and production ecosystems.