AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure
Pays up to ten European chip companies between EUR 500,000 and EUR 1 million each to build working AI chip prototypes and get them tested on a shared EU evaluation platform.
AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure is a Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) simple grant that pays up to ten European chip companies between EUR 500,000 and EUR 1 million each to build working AI chip prototypes and get them tested on a shared EU evaluation platform. Demonstrators are built by European fabless firms paired with a system-integration partner, and the best-performing …
The Chips JU wants functional PCB-level demonstrators of AI chip prototypes — built by European fabless firms and paired with a system-integration partner — then validated on the common EU evaluation platform built under a related topic. The best-performing chips get an AI Compute Excellence label and move on to full rack development under a further topic.
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