DEEP Projects

DEEP stands for Dynamical Exascale Entry Platform. Since 2011, the DEEP series of projects (DEEP, DEEP-ER, DEEP-EST) has pioneered an innovative concept known as the Modular Supercomputer Architecture (MSA). This novel HPC architecture paves the way for the next milestone in supercomputing: exascale systems with the power to perform 10^18 Floating Point Operations per second. The fourth project in the row is DEEP-SEA. It started on April 1, 2021 with a term of 3 years. The project will deliver the programming environment for future European exascale systems, adapting all levels of the software stack to support highly heterogeneous compute and memory configurations. It will also allow code optimisation across existing and future architectures and systems. The software stack includes low-level drivers, computation and communication libraries, resource management, and programming abstractions with associated runtime systems and tools. The DEEP Projects have received funding from the European Commission's FP7, H2020, and EuroHPC Programmes, under Grant Agreements n° 287530, 610476, 754304, and 955606. In the latter (DEEP-SEA), national contributions from the involved state members match the EuroHPC funding.