Europe is accelerating its race for technological sovereignty in artificial intelligence. The startup Euclyd, backed by former ASML executives, is seeking 100 million to develop inference chips that promise energy efficiency a hundred times greater than current NVIDIA solutions. Its first products are expected by 2027. This effort is part of a continental movement mobilizing hundreds of millions, from private companies to the public program FAMES, to stop being a technological vassal of the United States.
3D visualization and simulation: keys to disruptive design 🚀
Euclyd's promise of radical efficiency would not be understood without 3D visualization and computational simulation tools. To achieve such efficient inference chips, it is essential to model and optimize novel architectures at the transistor, interconnection, and data flow levels. 3D thermal and electromagnetic simulation allows predicting bottlenecks and power consumption before manufacturing. Additionally, visualizing the manufacturing process, possibly with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines from ASML, in interactive 3D models is crucial for planning and debugging the production of these complex components.
An ecosystem built in three dimensions 🗺️
The Euclyd project is a piece in a European ecosystem that can and should be visualized in 3D. Detailed infographics would show the value chain: from design with EDA software, through manufacturing in future European factories, to integration into final systems. This spatial representation highlights strengths, dependencies, and critical gaps. The microelectronics of the future, especially in Europe, is designed and communicated in three dimensions, transforming abstract concepts into tangible models that guide investment and industrial strategy.
Can Euclyd's 3D-SoC architecture, based on advanced assembly technologies, overcome the energy barrier of current AI accelerators and make a European high-performance chip industry viable?
(PS: integrated circuits are like exams: the more you look at them, the more lines you see)