VyperCore, a processor startup delivering a new paradigm in data centre  compute performance and security, today announces its seed funding round  with the backing of the UK’s leading early-stage hardtech investors. 

VyperCore has raised £4m from Octopus Ventures, Foresight WAE Technology,  Science Creates Ventures, British Growth Fund and Silicon Roundabout  Ventures. This will be used to open design centres in Cambridge, UK and  Bristol, UK, and to develop its first generation of accelerated compute silicon.  VyperCore is hiring. 

VyperCore’s technology accelerates existing high performance general purpose  compute workloads by a factor of up to 10x, without modifying the original  code. It also securely blocks out the highest risk technical cyber attack vectors  at gate-level within the processor. 

VyperCore’s ground-breaking memory management technology moves away  from the processor’s traditional view of its memory as being a single linear  space. By defining an object-based view of the memory from within the core of  the processor, substantial optimisations in execution of existing code can be  achieved, while blocking memory-oriented cybersecurity attack vectors such as  memory leaks and buffer overflows. 

Ed Nutting, VyperCore’s CTO and co-founder, said:

“Moore’s Law stalled for  general-purpose compute several years ago, and processor architectures  stopped evolving to meet the needs of modern programming languages such  as Python and C#. VyperCore releases processors to perform optimally for the  current generation of languages without compromising their power, flexibility or compatibility.”

Russell Haggar, VyperCore’s executive chairman and co-founder, added: 

“VyperCore’s proprietary memory management technology can be integrated  into all leading processor architectures. Its ability to accelerate existing  complex workloads in the data centre delivers huge cost and energy savings in  the data centre, without any rewriting of existing code bases. We’re delighted  to be working with the UK’s leading hardtech investors to deliver breakthrough  cost/performance benchmarks using VyperCore’s paradigm-setting processor  technology.” 

VyperCore’s first generation hardware will be based on the RISC-V architecture  and will sample with partners in its Early Access Program in Q3 2024. 

Rubina Singh, investor at Octopus Ventures, commented: 

“We are delighted to be backing this innovative deeptech technology developed  by Ed and his colleagues. We were particularly excited about VyperCore’s  potential to both significantly improve performance and optimise energy  consumption for processors. The UK has been at the heart of processor  semiconductor innovation for decades, and VyperCore is the latest startup to  leverage its world-leading strengths in this field.” 

Anastasia Sagaidachna, investor at Foresight WAE Technology, noted:

“We look  forward to seeing VyperCore’s technology transition to full commercialisation  and supporting the team as they deliver on their ambition to disrupt the  processor market.” 

About VyperCore 

VyperCore was founded in 2022 by Ed Nutting and Russell Haggar, building  upon research into acceleration of general-purpose CPU architectures  undertaken at the University of Bristol. VyperCore’s technology aims to  accelerate existing compute workloads by x10, without re-writing the  application code. It also delivers industry-leading cybersecurity integrity.  VyperCore’s first generation hardware will be available for evaluation in H2  2024, with server-ready data centre hardware following on from there. 

Contact: [email protected]

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About Foresight WAE Technology (FWT) 

Foresight and WAE started their investment collaboration in 2016 with the  launch of the Foresight WAE Technology EIS Fund. 2019 saw the launch of a  sister fund, the Foresight WAE Technology VCT share class, which sits within the  Foresight Solar & Technology VCT plc. These two funds target investment in  companies developing innovative and transformational technologies and where  we believe Foresight’s and WAE’s expertise and services can be harnessed to  assist with the development of the businesses, with the objective of achieving  successful exits at high-value multiples. 

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