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The essential meeting place for all digital players Simulation . HPC/HPDA . Artificial Intelligence . Quantum Computing |
Keynote - From 10:05 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. |
From a European Union concern to the European server CPU built for sovereign HPC and beyond
Vincent Casillas, CTO, SiPearl
In this talk, Vincent Casillas will begin by looking back at the origins of SiPearl, the European fabless designer of high-performance, energy-efficient CPUs. SiPearl was born within the European Processor Initiative consortium, which was tasked by EuroHPC JU and the European Union with drawing up a roadmap to bring high-end microprocessor technologies back to Europe. Its aim? To equip Europe supercomputing infrastructure with European CPUs that can compete on an equal footing with the US and Chinese ones. Created in June 2019 as a private company, SiPearl has the mission of designing and bringing to market a first-generation CPU dedicated to HPC and AI: Rhea1. The project became a reality on 13 May with the return from manufacturing of Rhea1, which will be available to order by the end of the year. The first units have already been delivered to prepare the equipment of the CPU cluster module of JUPITER - Europe’s first exascale supercomputer, funded by EuroHPC and operated by Jülich - as well as to a first European collaborative project, OpenCUBE.
Beyond their significance for data sovereignty in Europe, these initial steps demonstrate the resurgence of European expertise in the field of processors.
Vincent Casillas will conclude his speech by discussing the opportunities opened up by the geopolitical context and developments in the semiconductor market, with the launch of new products that will enable Europe to assert its digital sovereignty in defence and cloud as well.
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Biography: Vincent Casillas joined SiPearl in its early days in 2020. An expert in software design, he has always worked closely with hardware architecture teams, particularly on innovative multimedia projects carried out at Valeo, STMicroelectronics and for Ateme’s major customers. Vincent also brought his experience in the management of development projects and in process implementation to SiPearl. Before joining SiPearl, Vincent was Head of Software for the vehicle connectivity solutions division of the Valeo group. Vincent has an engineering degree from ISIMA with specialization in hardware architecture and circuit design. |
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