European processor Initiative (EIP), njira yothandizidwa ndi EU yopangira ma processor aku Europe, yamaliza gawo lake loyamba. Gawoli likuphatikiza kupanga purosesa ya Arm-based Rhea, ukadaulo wachitetezo cha HPC ndi ma processor a m'mphepete komanso umboni wa lingaliro la European processor Accelerator (EPAC) test chip.
Kwa kanthawi tsopano, Europe yakhala ikufuna kupanga purosesa yake ndi makampani ogwirizana nawo, kotero kuti derali lisadalire kwambiri mapurosesa ochokera kumadera ena padziko lapansi. Kuti izi zitheke, makampani 28 aku Europe ndi mabungwe ochokera kumayiko khumi akhazikitsa European processor Initiative (EIP) consortium. Consortium iyi imathandizidwanso ndi European Union (EU).
Consortium posachedwapa yalengeza kuti yamaliza gawo lake loyamba lachitukuko. Kutengera bajeti ya 79 miliyoni mayuro, makampani osiyanasiyana aku Europe ndi oyamba kumene adagwira ntchito yopanga ukadaulo wawo wa purosesa.
Zotsatira gawo loyamba lachitukuko
Zomwe zapindula kwambiri kuchokera mugawoli zikuphatikiza kukhazikitsidwa kwa purosesa ya SiPearl's Arm Neoverse V1 yochokera ku Rhea mogwirizana ndi Atos. Ngakhale ukadaulo wa Arm umachokera ku United Kingdom, purosesa iyi ilinso ndi ma cores 29 a RISC-V omwe amagwira ntchito ngati owongolera. Kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wazidziwitso ndi gawo lofunikira pakupanga purosesa ya pan-European. Mu 2023, purosesa iyi ya 'European' iyenera kukhazikitsidwa m'malo opambana kwambiri.
Chotsatira china cha polojekiti ya EIP ndi chitukuko chaukadaulo wachitetezo cha HPC ndi makompyuta am'mphepete. Zomwe zimatchedwa 'crypto tiles' tsopano zapangidwira izi. Ukadaulo uwu uyenera kuphatikizidwa ndi mayankho ena otseguka a processor ndi ntchito.
Mayankho ena
Kuphatikiza apo, European processor Accelerator (EPAC) test chip umboni wamalingaliro yapangidwa mu gawo loyamba la EIP. Barcelona Supercomputing Center ndi University of Zagreb (Croatia) apanga zotchedwa ma vector processing units kuti azigwira ntchito kwambiri pakompyuta komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochepa. Yankho ili likuchokera pa Avispado RISC-V core kuchokera ku Semidynamics kuchokera ku Barcelona.
Pulojekitiyi idaperekanso umboni wa lingaliro la nsanja yomangidwa, kuphatikiza ndi SDK, yamakampani amagalimoto.
Phase 2 iyamba mu 2022
Gawo lachiwiri la EIP liyenera kuyamba mu 2022. Mu gawo ili, consortium ikufuna kuyang'ana makamaka pa kubweretsa mapurosesa opangidwa mu gawo 1 kupanga.