2026-06-09 –, Plenary
Drawing from hands-on experience building Europe's first RISC-V HPC cluster (Monte Cimone), E4 Computer Engineering argues that RISC-V's main barrier to industrial adoption is no longer hardware, but mindset. The community must evolve from an ISA-focused culture to a full ecosystem vision: industry-grade CPUs and accelerators, robust OS and tooling support, a solid certification program, application porting, and active engagement with industrial users, ISVs, ODMs and OEMs. Only by combining a developer-first with a customer-first approach and actively listening to industrial users can RISC-V make the leap to mainstream adoption.
Giordano Mancini joined E4 Computer Engineering in 2023, first as R&D Manager and then as CTO from December of the same year. He leads the Tech Factory team, focusing on HPC technology scouting and the development of cluster deployment and management solutions. His background spans research in molecular physics and the management of HPC infrastructures, including a previous role as COO of the HPC Center at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.