EuroHPC JU has announced the launch of the Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe (DARE) project “to develop cutting-edge HPC hardware and software based on RISC-V.”

With funding from the EuroHPC JU, the DARE project consortium gathers 38 partners with the aim of building “EU-designed and developed, industry-standard chiplets” using the RISC-V open standard architecture.

The project will start with:

• A vector accelerator (VEC) for high-precision HPC and emerging applications in the HPC-AI convergence domain.
• An AI processing unit (AIPU) designed for AI inference acceleration in HPC applications.
• A general-purpose processor (GPP) optimized for HPC workloads in European supercomputers.

“This ambitious initiative will drive innovation in both hardware and software technologies and leverage the full power of HPC and AI to develop secure, efficient, and European-led solutions for the future,” said Anders Jensen, EuroHPC JU Executive Director.

Read more at the DARE project.