Imagine if the blueprints for the brains of a computer were open for anyone to use and improve, rather than being locked away by one company. This project is building a set of server boards and software that use these open blueprints to handle cloud tasks. It's like building a Lego-style server system where different parts can be swapped easily to save energy and increase speed.
European cloud providers rely on proprietary hardware and software, creating dependencies on non-EU vendors and increasing energy costs for data centers.
A PCIe acceleration board and a microserver platform, accompanied by open-source firmware and a Linux-based software stack.
If you are a provider dealing with high energy costs and vendor lock-in — this project developed a microserver platform with up to 10 boards that reduces overhead through hyperconvergence. This allows for more energy-efficient containerized execution in a managed environment.
If you are a storage company dealing with bottlenecks in key-value data retrieval — this project developed a microserver architecture supporting high-speed storage and networking. It enables distributed memory to be used by any processor in the system with very low overhead.
If you are a hardware maker dealing with rigid proprietary interfaces — this project developed a PCIe acceleration board integrating up to 4 RISC-V chips. This allows for the acceleration of compute workloads using open hardware interfaces.
Based on available project data, specific unit prices are not listed, but the project is supported by an EU contribution of EUR 5,316,125.
The project focuses on standardized form-factor system platforms and a microserver architecture that interconnects up to 10 boards, indicating a path toward industrial scalability.
The project explicitly focuses on open-source designs for system boards, open-source low-level firmware, and an open-source software stack.
It uses a representative Linux-based software stack and supports containerized execution, ensuring compatibility with standard cloud service environments.
The project period runs from 2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 71% of partners coming from the industrial sector (5 out of 7). Notably, 5 of these are SMEs, suggesting a strong focus on commercialization and agility. The geographic spread across 5 countries (CH, DE, EL, ES, FR) ensures a broad European market reach for the resulting open-source hardware.
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