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Axelera unveils Europa: 629 TOPS, 128 MB on-chip memory and 16 RISC-V cores
Axelera announced its second-generation Europa chip with eight second-generation AI cores delivering up to 629 TOPS, plus 16 RISC-V vector processors, 128 MB of on-chip SRAM and 200 GB/s of LPDDR5 bandwidth. It claimed up to 5x better performance per watt and per dollar than comparable products.
- PCIe cards from 16 GB (one chip) to 256 GB (four chips).
- Built-in H.264/H.265 decoder for several 4K streams; secure enclave.
- Chips and cards were scheduled for H1 2026.