Keynote: EPI, The European Approach for Exascale Ages. The Road Toward Sovereignty

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Project EPI aims to deliver a complete European high‑performance CPU and accelerator platform for exascale systems, born in 2015 and formalized by seven founding members in 2017. Roadmap targets include first general availability in 2022 and contributing to exascale by 2023. Work produces validated VIP blocks and prototype SoCs around a RISC‑V–style ISA plus AI/vector accelerators, but gaps remain: no large European fabs, big capital needs, and software ecosystem and manufacturing readiness still limit full production.

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1. 0:00Introduction and EPI origins
2. 3:17EPI objectives and sovereignty
3. 7:33European processor development progress
4. 10:48AI accelerators and open ecosystems
5. 15:10Challenges and next steps
6. 20:21Future outlook and risks

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