InspireSemi and E4 Computer Engineering Collaboration and Exhibiting at RISC-V Europe Summit 2026
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, AUSTIN, Texas and SCANDIANO, Italy, June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inspire Semiconductor Holdings Inc. (“InspireSemi” or the “Company”) a chip design company that provides revolutionary high-performance, energy-efficient accelerated computing solutions for High Performance Computing (HPC), AI, graph analytics, and other compute-intensive workloads, will be exhibiting at the annual RISC-V Europe Summit in Bologna Italy from June 8-12, 2026. In conjunction with strategic partner E4 Computer Engineering, they will share more details on their upcoming ThunderbirdTM “supercomputer cluster-on-a-chip” accelerated computing platform.
InspireSemi and E4 Computer Engineering have been collaborating to bring leading-edge HPC-AI technologies based on the open standard RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) to the European market. The combined focus has been on optimizing workload performance while delivering best-in-class energy efficiency and the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
InspireSemi and E4 have worked side-by-side for the last four years to refine the specs of the all-CPU Thunderbird compute accelerator. Each Thunderbird chip has a remarkable 1,536 64-bit CPU cores, all supporting the double precision math that most HPC applications require (i.e.- native FP64). These are InspireSemi-designed high performance, low power, superscalar RISC-V CPU cores, all interconnected by an innovative, patent-pending, low latency on-chip network fabric. Thunderbird was designed from the beginning to support an open software stack, including the ability to run Linux, Zephyr RTOS, and support the OpenMP offload model.
Initial deployments planned for Q4 2026 will be Thunderbird PCIe server-class add-in cards with 4 devices, delivering a remarkable 6,144 CPU cores each. That is the equivalent of an entire rack of x86 servers, greatly reducing cost, power, cooling, complexity, and points of failure.
E4 has been preparing for Thunderbird PCIe server-class add-in cards at the system-level targeting their innovative servers designed to scale to the needs of compute-demanding HPC & AI customers. E4 is planning to integrate Thunderbird in its product line and deliver Thunderbird-powered servers and is a strategic InspireSemi go to market partner.
In addition to delivering on this, the companies will continue to collaborate on their mutual roadmaps to continue to deliver on the best HPC-AI solution, including future mixed-precision workloads.
About InspireSemi
InspireSemi provides revolutionary high-performance, energy-efficient accelerated computing solutions for High-Performance Computing (HPC), AI, graph analytics, and other compute-intensive workloads. The Thunderbird I ‘supercomputer-cluster-on-a-chip’ is a disruptive, next-generation datacenter accelerator designed to address multiple underserved and diversified industries, including financial services, computer-aided engineering, energy, climate modeling, cybersecurity, and life sciences & drug discovery. Based on the open standard RISC-V instruction set architecture, InspireSemi’s solutions set new standards of performance, energy efficiency, and ease of programming. InspireSemi is headquartered in Austin, TX.
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About E4 Computer Engineering
E4 Computer Engineering is a strategic partner in the development of HPC, AI, Big Data and Quantum Computing solutions for both the academic sector and innovation-driven businesses. With over 20 years’ experience, a robust ecosystem of partnerships and multidisciplinary R&D, the company designs, integrates and supports end-to-end solutions. Based in Emilia’s Data Valley but with a strong focus on international markets, E4 collaborates with leading European centres and participates in EU projects centred on next-generation technologies.
Further information at: www.e4company.com
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Francesca Fragliasso
francesca.fragliasso@e4company.com
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