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Our press releases

Below are all the press releases published since SiPearl’s operational launch in January 2020.

Dual-use processor Athena1

Launch of Athena1, dual-use sovereign processor

October 2, 2025

Athena1 will offer features specifically tailored to the workloads of government, defence and aerospace applications

Launch of Seine Reference Server  

June 10, 2025

SiPearl unveils its Seine Reference Server, a modular reference server, multifunctional, flexible and versatile, hosting Rhea1, its first family of processors.

Gael Paul Senior Vice President Engineering

Gael Paul,
Senior Vice President Engineering

March 25, 2025

Gael Paul is the CEO right-hand man for research & development and program management. He is responsible for the teams involved.

Partnership with Samsung Electronics

May 14, 2024

SiPearl collaborates with Samsung Electronics to provide the best performance and energy-efficiency for HPC and AI workloads.

Rhea1 key features to accelerate HPC & AI

May 13, 2024

SiPearl unveils the key features of Rhea1, its first-generation product dedicated to HPC and Artificial Intelligence.

SiPearl chooses Italy to open its 3rd international subsidiary

May 13, 2024

SiPearl will open in June its third international operational subsidiary in Bologna. Matteo Tonelli will be appointed Italy Country Manager.

SiPearl Group General Counsel

Cornelia Emmerlich, Group General Counsel

February 6, 2024

Cornelia is responsible for all legal and trade compliance matters, as well as the next rounds of financing and company secretary matters.

Ian Jenks SiPearl Chairman of the Board

Ian Jenks,
Chairman of the Board

October 10, 2023

Currently Chairman and CEO of the US listed company SmartKem, Inc., Ian Jenks is appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors.

JUPITER SiPearl

JUPITER Exascale Supercomputer, lead customer

October 5, 2023

The first European exascale supercomputer will be fueled by Rhea1, the energy-efficient HPC-dedicated microprocessor.

Vivian Blanchard Vice President Hardware R&D

Vivian Blanchard,
VP R&D Hardware

May 4, 2023

He supports the growth of the hardware research & development team to finalize the design of the 1st generation microprocessor.

Initial closing of Series A with €90m

April 5, 2023

Key industry partners (Arm, Eviden) as well as European and French public investors (EIB, EIC, France 2030) participate to this initial funding round.

Collaboration with AMD to address exascale supercomputing
in Europe

November 14, 2022

The two partners will provide a joint offering combining SiPearl’s HPC microprocessor, Rhea, with AMD’s Instinct™ accelerators.

Sebastien Kamphuis,
Chief Information Officer

October 25, 2022

Previously with Engie, Capgemini and Bouygues Telecom, he has developed a deep experience in IT infrastructure service.

SiPearl Grenoble

SiPearl Grenoble on track
to increase its workforce

July 12, 2022

[Only in French] En emménageant dans le quartier Europole, la société se rapproche également des écoles d’ingénieurs INP-Phelma, INP Ense3 et Polytech Grenoble.

EIC Fund SiPearl

SiPearl: 1st investment by EIC fund

June 14, 2022

As a winner of the EIC Accelerator program last December, SiPearl is the 1st direct investment of the EIC Fund for €15 M and also €2.5 M of grants.

Strategic partnership
with HPE

May 30, 2022

They partner to develop HPC solutions with European processors and accelerate Europe’s adoption of exascale supercomputers.

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