ExaNoDe is a collaborative European project within the “Horizon 2020 Framework Programme”, that investigates and develops a highly integrated, high-performance, heterogeneous System-on-a-Chip (SoC) aimed towards exascale computing. It is addressing these important challenges through the coordinated development of several innovative solutions recently deployed in HPC:
- ARM-v8 based computing architecture
- 3D interposer integration for compute density
- An advanced memory scheme for exabyte level capacities.
The ExaNoDe SoC will enable silicon “chiplet” solutions, stacked on an active silicon interposer in order to build an innovative 3D-Integrated-Circuit (3D-IC). A full software stack supporting a multi-node capability will be developed within the project. The project will create a hardware design and proof-of-concept demonstrator, along with an associated software stack, that will enable the evaluation of the potential of the ExaNoDe approach for HPC applications.