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SiPearl, the designer of the microprocessor that will power Europe’s exascale supercomputers, has opened a design center in Grenoble, the cradle of the semiconductor ecosystem in Europe. SiPearl, currently recruiting 10 engineers per month, is targeting 1,000 employees in 2025. To attain this goal, SiPearl is creating design centers in semiconductor and HPC skills pools.

Maisons-Laffitte (France), September 28, 2021 – Laure Perfetti (45, Master 2 in Strategic Human Resources Management, IAE Grenoble) has been appointed Head of Human Resources for SiPearl, the company that is designing the high-performance and low-power microprocessor for European exascale supercomputers.

Laure’s career to date has been with STMicroelectronics, where she notably built an important network of contacts in the semiconductor sector, in France and internationally. As Human Resources Business Partner in the microcontrollers and digital ICs group, she had responsibility for two product and support functions divisions with 1,100 employees worldwide, distinguishing herself by supporting managers in the implementation of the corporate human resources policy, the management of their teams, the identification and retention of talent as well as skills development.

Laure joined SiPearl on August 30th with the mission is to define and deploy an agile and flexible human resources strategy in line with the rapid rise of SiPearl in Europe and its future business challenges. In this capacity, she will steer recruitment, integration and retention of employees, skills development, social aspects and remuneration policy.

With headquarters in Maisons-Laffitte and design centers in Barcelona (Spain), Duisburg (Germany) and Sophia Antipolis (France), SiPearl is currently recruiting 10 engineers per month with a view to reaching 1,000 staff by 2025.

About SiPearl

Created by Philippe Notton, SiPearl is the company that is bringing to life the European Processor Initiative (EPI) project, designing the high-performance, low-power microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer.

This new generation of microprocessors will enable Europe to set out its technological sovereignty on the strategic markets for high performance computing, artificial intelligence and connected mobility.

SiPearl is developing and will market its solutions through close collaboration with its 27 partners from the EPI - scientific community, supercomputing centres and leading names from the IT, electronics and automotive industries - which are its stakeholders and future clients. It is supported by the European Union .

SiPearl is also a member of the Mont-Blanc 2020 consortium to equip Europe with a dedicated modular and energy-efficient high performance computing microprocessor, and is a member of the PlayFrance.Digital collective for Europe to lead the field for digital technology.

Media Contact
Mag and Co: Marie-Anne Garigue – + 33 6 09 05 87 80 – sipearl@mag-and-co.fr