Europe Looks to the Future of Computing

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Europe's high-performance computing community convened in Valencia, Spain, last week to explore the strategy for Europe to remain competitive in addressing next generation embedded systems...

LONDON, Feb. 01, 2019 – 

The European Network on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation (HiPEAC) presented a strategy for Europe to remain competitive in addressing next generation embedded systems as part of its Vision 2019 report at its 14th conference on the future of computing last week in Valencia, Spain.

With most European semiconductor manufacturers not going into sub-10nm technology, Europe has an opportunity to exploit more mature technology nodes while continuing to research post-CMOS technologies and alternative, non-von Neumann architectures to address higher performance and efficiency as computing becomes ever more pervasive in all aspects of society, especially with the growth of machine learning and artificial intelligence, according to the report.

The HiPEAC Vision 2019 report says the end of computing as we know it represents an opportunity for Europe to steer the development of future systems that would respect the planet and humanity. It's not going to be possible to continually shrink components while increasing performance, so accelerators need to be developed for specific application domains as the short-term route to performance gains, while researchers investigate new paradigms such as neuromorphic and quantum computing – which will complement, rather than replace, silicon semiconductor technology.

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