AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure
- Funder
- European Commission · Digital Europe Programme
- Award amount
- €500,000 – €1,000,000
- Deadline
- December 1, 2026
- Eligible countries
- European Union
Summary
Open EU call topic DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI1-SG · DIGITAL JU Simple Grants. Part of call DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI1-SG: DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI1-SG. Next deadline 2026-12-01. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI1-SG
Expected Outcome: The expected outcomes of this topic are : - Functional demonstrators of working AI chip prototypes (PCB-level) designed by EU fabless companies and physically integrated with their system partners. - Validation of AI chip solutions on a common EU evaluation platform (provided by the Topic X.B consortium), delivering comparative evidence on key performance indicators. - A shortlist of European AI chip solutions awarded the AI Compute Excellence label and qualified to proceed to full rack development under Topic X.A2.
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