SiPearl, the company that is designing the microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, has taken an Arm licence.

The agreement will enable SiPearl to benefit from the Arm Neoverse platform, codenamed ‘Zeus’, as well as leverage the Arm ecosystem.

Taking advantage of the Arm “Zeus” platform, including Arm’s POPTM IP, on FinFET technology enables SiPearl to accelerate its design and ensure outstanding reliability for a very high- end offering, in terms of both computing power and energy efficiency, and be ready to launch its first generation of microprocessors in 2022.

SiPearl will be moving forward with the joint project of the 27 academic and industrial members of the European Processor Initiative3 (EPI), the consortium selected by the European Union to support the development of the European microprocessor.

Based on a roadmap that is closely aligned with the European Union’s goals, SiPearl and its solutions will help drive the development of the European market for high performance computing (HPC), as well as its applications such as artificial intelligence and connected mobility.

It will enable Europe to meet a growing range of increasingly complex strategic challenges: research, health, weather forecasting, energy, defence, chemicals, engineering, cybersecurity, and smart cities