European Processor Initiative (EIP), e leng leano le tšehelitsoeng ke EU la pan-European ea ho nts'etsapele li-processor tsa Europe, e phethile karolo ea eona ea pele. Mokhahlelo ona o kenyelletsa nts'etsopele ea processor ea Rhea e thehiloeng ho Arm, thekenoloji ea ts'ireletso bakeng sa HPC le li-edge processors le bopaki ba mohopolo bakeng sa chip ea teko ea European Processor Accelerator (EPAC).
E se e le nako joale, Europe e batla ho nts'etsapele processor ea eona le indasteri e amanang le eona, e le hore sebaka sena se se ke sa itšetleha haholo ka li-processor tse tsoang libakeng tse ling tsa lefats'e. Ho fihlela sena, lik'hamphani le mekhatlo ea Europe ea 28 e tsoang linaheng tse leshome e thehile European Processor Initiative (EIP) consortium. Kopano ena e boetse e tšehetsoa ke European Union (EU).
Haufinyane tjena consortium e phatlalalitse hore e phethetse karolo ea eona ea pele ea ntlafatso. Ho ipapisitsoe le tekanyetso ea li-euro tse limilione tse 79, lik'hamphani tse fapaneng tsa Europe le ba qalang ba sebelitse ho nts'etsopele ea mahlale a bona a processor.
Liphetho mohato oa pele oa ntlafatso
Diphihlello tsa bohlokwa ho tswa mokgahlelong ona di kenyeletsa ho tsebahatswa ha processor ya SiPearl's Arm Neoverse V1 e thehilweng ka Rhea ka tshebedisanommoho le Atos. Leha theknoloji ea Arm e tsoa United Kingdom, processor ena e boetse e na le li-cores tse 29 tse bulehileng tsa RISC-V tse sebetsang e le balaoli. Tšebeliso ea theknoloji ea mohloli o bulehileng ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea morero oa processor oa pan-European. Ka 2023, processor ena ea 'European' e lokela ho phatlalatsoa libakeng tse phahameng haholo.
Sephetho se seng sa morero oa EIP ke nts'etsopele ea thekenoloji ea tšireletso bakeng sa HPC le lik'homphieutha tsa bohale. Seo ho thoeng ke 'crypto tiles' joale se se se ntlafalitsoe molemong ona. Theknoloji ena e tlameha ho hokahana le litharollo tse ling tsa processor ea mohloli o bulehileng le lits'ebetso.
Litharollo tse ling
Ho feta moo, European processor Accelerator (EPAC) test chip proof of concept e ntlafalitsoe mohatong oa pele oa boikitlaetso ba EIP. Setsi sa Barcelona Supercomputing le Univesithi ea Zagreb (Croatia) li thehile likarolo tseo ho thoeng ke tsa ts'ebetso ea vector bakeng sa matla a phahameng a ts'ebetso ea komporo le tšebeliso e tlase ea matla. Tharollo ena e thehiloe motheong oa Avispado RISC-V ho tloha Semidynamics ho tloha Barcelona.
Morero ona o boetse o fane ka bopaki ba mohopolo bakeng sa sethala sa komporo se hahelletsoeng, se kopane le SDK, bakeng sa indasteri ea likoloi.
Mokhahlelo oa 2 o tla qala ka 2022
Karolo ea bobeli ea EIP e lokela ho qala ka 2022. Mokhahlelong ona, consortium e batla ho tsepamisa maikutlo ka ho khetheha ho tlisa li-processor tse ntlafalitsoeng karolong ea 1 ho hlahisa.