The first grant agreement is implemented under the European Commission program Horizon 2020 (FPA: 800928) in the December 2018 to November 2021 time span.

The second agreement will be implemented afterwards under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking which issued a call, which was answered in January 2021 by the same consortium (H2020-JTI-EuroHPC-2020-02 FPA in EPI (phase II)).

The processor that is to be developed is a system on a chip (SoC) that makes use of the RISC technology, implements microprocessor cores of ARM architecture and accelerators, and specialises in matrix calculations and deep learning for artificial intelligence.

The design will be based on the results obtained through an intensive use of simulation, the development of a complete software stack and the use of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technologies.

The objective of the EPI is to develop European know-how on the design and construction of processors for high-performance computing, allowing Europe technological sovereignty.