DARE (SGA 1)
Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe, Special Agreement 1
DARE (Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe) is an ambitious initiative driving Europe’s independence in high-performance computing and AI. The project will address Europe’s deficit in digital autonomy, by creating truly European hardware and software products to build European supercomputers for research and industry.
DARE is set to create three new European designed and owned computing chips:
- a vector accelerator (VEC) for high-performance scientific and engineering simulations;
- an AI Processing Unit (AIPU) designed for AI-powered applications like language processing and data analysis;
- a General-Purpose Processor (GPP) optimised for high-performance computing tasks.
These chips will power next-generation European supercomputers. They will help researchers to tackle critical scientific challenges such as drug discovery, climate change modelling, and renewable energy solutions, as well as societal challenges such as the detection of synthetic, AI-generated content. By developing Europe’s own processors and computing stack, the project will pave the way for future generations of supercomputers that are designed, built, and optimised in Europe. All of these groundbreaking developments will be based on the RISC-V standard instruction set architecture, characterised by its openness and free availability to industry and academic research alike.
A significant partner in DARE is Tampere University, which will play a crucial role in developing a new memory subsystem for the GPP chips. Together with the other leading European supercomputing centres, CSC will be the consumer of the RISC-V products being developed and built. CSC participates in application development, software layer work, and will be one of only two sites together with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center to host pilot systems, ensuring the implementation and success of the project’s innovations.
More information about the funding
The DARE SGA1 project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101202459. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme and Spain, Germany, Czechia, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Croatia, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, France and Austria. Funded by the European Union.Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or of the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
