Maisons-Laffitte (France), Sept. 28, 2021 – SiPearl, whose mission is to design a high performance, low-power microprocessor for European exascale supercomputers, has opened a design center in Grenoble, France, with the goal of recruiting 50 engineers on site by the end of 2022. Following SiPeal facilities in Maisons-Laffitte, Duisburg, Barcelona and Sophia Antipolis, SiPearl’s Grenoble […]
European Exascale Chip Designer SiPearl Opens 5th Center in Grenoble
September 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Jean-Marc Denis Joins SiPearl as CSO
July 7, 2021 by
Maisons-Laffitte, France, 6 July 2021 – SiPearl, the designer of the microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Denis as chief strategy officer. Previously, he was head of strategy, big data and security within the Atos group. Since 2018, he chaired the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium from which SiPearl was […]
Graphcore and SiPearl Form Euro Partnership to Combine AI and HPC
June 15, 2021 by
Graphcore, the British maker of the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) for artificial intelligence workloads, and SiPearl, the Franco-German company building an HPC chip, have entered into a strategic partnership intended to enable innovation in simulation and prediction for use cases such as meteorology, climatology, epidemiology and energy management. Under the terms of the agreement, the […]
SiPearl Says Rhea Exascale Chip Has Entered Accelerated Simulation Phase for 2022 Launch
March 11, 2021 by
SiPearl, the company designing the Rhea microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, announced it has passed a milestone before the chip’s scheduled 2022 launch. The company said it is moving into an “accelerated simulation phase” on the Veloce Strato hardware emulator from Siemens Digital Industries Software. SiPeal said the hardware emulation platform provides its chips […]
SiPearl and Open-Silicon Research Team to Accelerate Custom Silicon for HPC
February 24, 2021 by
MAISONS-LAFFITTE, France — SiPearl, designer of high-performance, energy-efficient microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer and Open-Silicon Research, the India-based entity of OpenFive, a leading provider of custom silicon solutions with differentiated IP, today announced a multi-year joint collaboration to enable expansive development of innovative High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. Specifically, SiPearl is relying on Open-Silicon […]
SiPearl Joins ETP4HPC to Help Drive Europe’s Sovereignty for HPC
December 22, 2020 by
SiPearl, the company designing the high-performance, low-power microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, is joining ETP4HPC, an association that groups together the leading European players for high performance computing technologies. From technology suppliers to research centres, software companies, service providers or end users, the members of this major think-tank, created in 2012, are driven by […]
Frédéric Hannoyer Appointed COO of SiPearl, Designer of Europe’s Exascale Chip
July 2, 2020 by
Frédéric Hannoyer (48, Ecole Polytechnique Paris, Ecole des Ponts Paris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has been appointed chief operating officer of SiPearl, the microprocessor designer for the European exascale supercomputer. In April, SiPearl signed a technological licensing agreement with Arm, the global semiconductor IP provider, granting the organization access to the Arm Neoverse platform, codenamed […]
European SiPearl Startup Licenses Arm for First-Generation Microprocessor
April 21, 2020 by
Today SiPearl, the company that is designing the high-performance, low-power microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, has signed a major technological licensing agreement with Arm, the global semiconductor IP provider. The agreement will enable SiPearl to benefit from the high-performance, secure, and scalable next-generation Arm Neoverse platform, codenamed ‶Zeusʺ, as well as leverage the robust software and hardware Arm ecosystem.
European SiPearl Startup designing microprocessor for Exascale
January 21, 2020 by
Today European chip startup SiPearl announced it is moving into its operational phase. The company is now the 27th member of the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium. “By delivering supercomputing power, energy efficiency and backdoor-free security, the solutions that we are developing with support from the EPI members will enable Europe to gain its independence and, more importantly, to ensure its technological sovereignty on the market for high performance computing, which has become one of the key drivers for economic growth”, explains Philippe Notton, SiPearl’s CEO.
