ETA SCALE AB

Their core work

Eta Scale is a Swedish technology SME based in Uppsala that specializes in software tools and programming environments for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Their core work focuses on making it easier and more productive for developers to write software that runs efficiently across heterogeneous computing architectures — systems combining different processor types such as CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs. Within EU research consortia, they contribute hands-on engineering expertise in HPC programming frameworks and developer tooling, particularly targeting the exascale frontier of scientific and industrial supercomputing. Their participation in both ecosystem-level HPC coordination and concrete programming productivity research demonstrates a combination of strategic awareness and applied technical capability.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their first project, EuroLab-4-HPC (2015–2017), placed them in a broad ecosystem-building role — a coordination action focused on establishing European HPC research center foundations, with no specific technical keywords registered. By EPEEC (2018–2022), their focus had sharpened decisively toward concrete developer tooling: programming environments and productivity improvements for next-generation exascale systems. The trajectory is a classic SME pattern — early participation to build network and credibility in a strategic domain, followed by deeper technical specialization as the European HPC funding landscape matured around EuroHPC.

Eta Scale is moving progressively deeper into HPC software tooling — specifically developer-facing frameworks for heterogeneous and exascale architectures — which aligns well with the growing EuroHPC Joint Undertaking investment cycle and positions them as a natural partner for future EU supercomputing consortia.

How they like to work

Eta Scale has participated exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator, across both projects — a pattern consistent with a specialist contributor that brings focused technical expertise rather than project management capacity. Despite having only two projects, they have engaged with 22 unique partners across 12 countries, which points to participation in large, multi-national consortia typical of FET and HPC research. For prospective partners, this means Eta Scale is experienced at operating within complex international teams and can be expected to deliver a specific technical workpackage rather than drive the overall project agenda.

Through just two projects, Eta Scale has built direct working relationships with 22 consortium partners spanning 12 countries — a broad footprint that reflects the large, Europe-wide consortia characteristic of FET and HPC research. Their Uppsala base connects them to the Swedish academic and computing ecosystem, while their project history links them to key European HPC actors across at least a dozen national research communities.

What sets them apart

As a small Swedish SME active in the narrow but strategically critical space of HPC programming tools, Eta Scale offers the technical focus and agility that larger research institutions typically cannot match for specific software engineering workpackages. Their dual track record — one coordination-support project and one substantive research and innovation project — demonstrates both familiarity with EU project structures and the ability to deliver real technical outputs. For consortium builders targeting EuroHPC, exascale computing, or heterogeneous architecture projects, Eta Scale provides SME credentials, an established European HPC partner network, and a clear specialization in the developer tooling layer that underpins all scientific computing.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EPEEC
  The largest and most technically substantive project in their portfolio (EUR 269,375), directly targeting one of EU computing strategy's highest priorities — productive programming for heterogeneous exascale systems — and generating the only specific technical keywords associated with Eta Scale's work.
• EuroLab-4-HPC
  An early positioning project that connected Eta Scale to the foundations of the European HPC Center of Excellence network, establishing the continental relationships that likely enabled their subsequent EPEEC participation.