European processor development is getting a fresh push. SiPearl, a company with roots in the European Processor Initiative, is working to revive homegrown CPU design on the continent. The effort traces back to Philippe Notton, who first became enthusiastic about the idea in 2015 while working as an engineering group leader at STMicroelectronics.
Notton joined Atos in 2017 and led efforts to establish the European Processor Initiative, a collaborative project aimed at developing European high-performance computing chips. In 2019, SiPearl was spun off from that initiative, with Notton at the helm. The company's work reflects a broader European drive to reduce reliance on non-European chip designs, though the source provides limited detail on SiPearl's current products or roadmap.