The European Processor Initiative (EPI)  https://www.european-processor-initiative.eu/ , a project with 30 partners from 10 European countries, with the goal of achieving Europe’s independence in HPC chip technologies and infrastructure, is nearing the finishing line, at the end of a two-stage run. The project team will attend the Supercomputing 25 , premier global event in the HPC and AI fields, to be held from November 16-21 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. As a part of the EPI team at the booth #4410 , Proactive Compute , a new spin-off  from University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER), will be ready to discuss and showcase two of its key IP’s FAUST and FEVER .

European Processor Initiative, project performed by 27 partners from 10 countries, held its second edition Forum event in Paris, on Oct 6-7. The event was hosted by the magnificent Les salons de l’Hôtel des Arts & Métiers with a hundred attendees.

The European Processor Initiative held a codesign workshop on September 10 and 11, in Heraklion, Greece. This two-day workshop brought together leading researchers and industry experts to explore the future of high-performance computing in Europe. Key topics included performance analysis with EPAC, next-generation chip architectures (Arm, RISC-V), chiplet technologies, and reliability challenges. The program featured keynotes on energy-efficient computing and exascale systems, alongside project experiences from projects closely collaborating with EPI (including EUPEX, EUPILOT, and DARE). Prof. Kovač, who is also the Chief Communication Officer for EPI, as well as group representative in all these other projects for HPC FER, held a presentation related to FAUST© FPU, designed by HPC FER Center researchers.  

From May 21 to May 23, 2025, the 32nd edition of  Dani otvorenih računarskih sustava / Croatian Linux Users’ Conference were held in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the oldest and biggest regional conference that covers free and open source software, open standards, and the Linux operating system. Director of HAARC, Mario Kovač, attedned as a keynote speaker.

Pofessor Mario Kovač, Chief Communication officer of the European Processor Initiative, and the Director of HAARC, attended the EuroHPC JU Summit that took place from March 18 to March 20, 2025, in Krakow, Poland.

As Europe pushes for greater technological self-sufficiency, DARE SGA1 will play a pivotal role in shaping a fully European HPC and AI stack—delivering innovation, efficiency, and security for research and industry alike. The Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe , Special Grant Agreement 1 (DARE SGA1) project is officially launching the first phase of a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) . Supported by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking , and coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) , DARE SGA1 unites 38 leading partners from across Europe to develop next-generation European processors and computing systems, including an optimized software ecosystem, designed for research and industry applications.

The University Computing Center of University of Zagreb (SRCE), as the coordinator of NCC Croatia, in collaboration with its partners, hosted the second edition of the Croatian HPC Competence Centre Day , that took place November 12-13, 2024 in Zagreb. Prof. Josip Knezović presented HPCAARC, its activities and projects.

Director of HPCAARC reserach center, prof. Mario Kovač, talked at a workshop held this week at the Institute of Physics

The 2024 ACM Europe Summer School on “HPC Computer Architectures for AI and Dedicated Applications” took place in Barcelona from the 2nd to the 6th of September 2024. Distinguished scientists in the HPC field gave lectures and tutorials addressing architecture, software and applications for HPC and AI.

On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, HPC team participated in FER's PhD Day by hosting the WORK @ FER booth. At the booth, HPC researchers presented doctoral study and employment programmes to FER's bachelor and master students, encouraging students to consider these opportunities.