SPRIND and NADI launch €40M challenge to reinvent European chip design
SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, and NADI, the Dutch National Agency for Disruptive Innovation and SPRIND’s emergent Dutch counterpart, today launch a programme committing...
Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIND, and the Dutch National Agency for Disruptive Innovation, NADI, have introduced an €40 million programme to revolutionise pan-European chip design processes. This AI-Native Chip Design Challenge aims to drastically reduce chip development timelines from years to weeks, thereby bolstering Europe's sovereign AI capabilities.
The initiative is the first joint-funding effort between SPRIND and NADI, and it is the result of close collaboration between the two agencies.
NADI, modelled after SPRIND, will leverage a €33.6-billion semiconductor sector in the Netherlands, anchored by chip technology giants such as ASML. Germany, on the other hand, is at the forefront of Europe's deeptech and industrial manufacturing, with companies like Siemens and Bosch leading the way.
The AI-Native Chip Design Challenge will run in two stages over 20 months, with €40 million in total funding. The majority of the funding will be provided by SPRIND and NADI, with the remainder allocated to the final selection of three teams. This programme will not only provide financial support but also technical and commercial coaching to ensure that the chip designs are market-ready.
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