SiPearl, a CPU developer funded by the EU, this week data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://sipearl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PR_SiPearl_Athena1_EN.pdf” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://sipearl.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PR_SiPearl_Athena1_EN.pdf” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>introduced its Ahena1, Europe’s first high-performance processor with up to 80 cores designed for both civilian and military use. The CPU relies on the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/homegrown-european-processor-for-supercomputers-delayed-by-a-year-chip-upgraded-to-80-cores-but-timeline-gets-downgraded” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/homegrown-european-processor-for-supercomputers-delayed-by-a-year-chip-upgraded-to-80-cores-but-timeline-gets-downgraded”>Rhea design but will be packed with sophisticated encryption and data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/security” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/security”>security capabilities when it becomes commercially available in the second half of 2027. Speaking of Rhea, the chip was taped out this summer and will sample in early 2026, marking another half-year delay.
SiPearl’s Athena derives from…
