SiPearl makes an impact at the VivaTech conference 2025

This year’s VivaTech conference was an opportunity for RISER project partners SiPearl to present their perspective on the timely subject of European Sovereignty, with CEO Philippe Notton presenting “No Sovereign AI Without Sovereign Hardware: SiPearl’s Processors”. It also presented the SiPearl team the opportunity to shine a light on the European collaborative research and innovation projects they are contributing to: European Processor Initiative, AERO Project, EXCELLERAT, ODISSEE project, OpenCUBE-EU, MaX Centre of Excellence for Materials at the eXascale, Emopass, Plasma-PEPSC, and, of course, RISER and the follow-up project HIGHER. 

SiPearl unveiled the Seine Reference Server featuring the Rhea1 processor

During the conference, SiPearl introduced the Seine Reference Server, their modular reference server solution hosting the Rhea1 CPU, their first family of processors. Multifunctional, flexible and versatile, the Seine Reference Server can be used for validation and testing, as a reference design, for software porting and for demonstrations and customer testing. In this last role, Seine Reference Server is a key component of European collaborative projects, including RISER, which aim to strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty, independence and competitiveness. 

Learn more about the SiPearl’s modular reference server solution, the Seine Reference Server, here.

About SiPearl

SiPearl is building European high-performance low-power processors dedicated to supercomputing and AI. This new generation of processors will first target the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking ecosystem, which is deploying world-class supercomputing infrastructures in Europe for solving strategic sovereign challenges in security, defense, generative AI, medical research, security, energy management, and climate with a reduced environmental footprint. 

SiPearl is working in close collaboration with its 30 partners from the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium – leading names from the scientific community, supercomputing centres, and industry, which are its stakeholders, future clients, and end-users.

About VivaTech

Viva Technology (commonly known as VivaTech) is Europe’s largest annual startup & tech conference, held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles since its debut in 2016. VivaTech’s mission is to accelerate innovation by bringing together startups, major tech players, investors, public institutions, and media to address global challenges and explore trends. VivaTech acts as a hub where global tech, startups, and investors converge to showcase breakthroughs, launch products, forge partnerships, and drive funding. It highlights France’s ambition as an AI and innovation hub, drawing attention from EU leaders and major international investors. The conference sets a vibrant stage for European deep tech, climate tech, and digital transformation startups to scale and network internationally.