Infrastructure
Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and the Chips Act
A practical map of research, pilot lines, design capability, manufacturing, skills and supply resilience in European chips policy.
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8 focused guides
What this pillar covers
Semiconductors, shared compute, cloud-edge, quantum, networks, twins and space data.
Use these guides to define the question, recognise the organisations and documents involved, and identify the next point that requires official verification.
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EuroHPC, AI factories and shared compute
How European shared computing infrastructure can support research, model development and industrial experimentation.
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Cloud, edge and connectivity in European innovation
How to reason about distributed computing, data location, interoperability and network requirements without chasing labels.
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The European quantum ecosystem
A grounded overview of quantum research, enabling components, communication, computing, sensing and commercial readiness.
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European smart networks and 6G research
How connectivity research moves from radio and network concepts toward testbeds, standards, spectrum and deployable services.
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Digital twins and Destination Earth
What makes a digital twin useful, how models and observations connect, and why governance matters at system scale.
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Copernicus and European space-data innovation
How open Earth-observation data can support products when paired with validation, domain knowledge and sustainable delivery.
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Open source and European tech sovereignty
How open-source strategy, governance, maintainership and procurement affect resilience and control.
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One pillar rarely solves the whole problem.
Connect this topic with research evidence, infrastructure, partners, standards, regulation, procurement and finance as required. The ecosystem map provides the wider context.