HIGHEReuproject

The HIGHER Project brings together 11 partners from industry and academia to jointly develop and validate open-source designs for high-density rack-scale systems capable of supporting cloud and edge services at scale in standards-based data center environments. Starting with the ARM RHEA2 and RISC-V EPAC processors from EPI and the RISC-V EUPilot processor chip, the project adopts the Open Compute Project (OCP) Server family of standards to build processor modules for computation and acceleration, alongside a system security/control module, all operating with fully-featured operating systems and runtimes. The project aims to design OCP server mechanics to provide modular rack systems incorporating reusable standards-based infrastructure, encompassing hardware, low-level firmware, and systems software, ensuring trustworthy functionality for managing, securing, and controlling servers.