The 3rd COREnext Plenary Meeting took place in Frankfurt/Oder on 13-14 February 2025, bringing together partners, researchers, and industry stakeholders to review progress, discuss key advancements, and align on the final steps towards project completion. Over two days, participants engaged in valuable discussions, assessed achievements against project KPIs, and explored technological demonstrations.   

The meeting began with a warm welcome from Michael Roitzsch (Barkhausen Institut), the Project Coordinator, followed by a Mid-term Review summary presented by Fredrik Tillman (Ericsson). The agenda focused on tracking the project’s progress and defining strategies to meet the final-year objectives.   

A significant portion of the meeting focused on Work Package updates, covering key advancements across various areas. Discussions addressed Digital & Trustworthy Analogue Components, highlighting efforts to enhance reliability and security in emerging computing architectures. The Lab Validators update provided insights into real-world application testing and technology readiness, and the Computation-Communication Platform session examined progress in integrating computing and communication technologies. Finally, the Outreach, Exploitation & Collaboration segment explored strategies to maximise project impact and strengthen industry partnerships. 

Technological Demonstrations   

The meeting featured key technological demonstrations showcasing advancements in security, efficiency, and system integration. Ericsson AB presented the Hardware Fingerprint Concept, a security mechanism that utilises the unique imperfections of radio hardware for secure communication and location authentication. Nokia demonstrated FPGA Multi-Tenancy, highlighting innovations in resource-sharing and scalability within FPGA-based architectures. Additionally, Barkhausen Institut showcased the M³ Platform, emphasising hardware/software co-design that enables seamless integration of heterogeneous accelerators into a unified system-on-chip, enhancing communication and computational efficiency, while IMEC demonstrated their work on using beam direction to prevent eavesdroppers from receiving a useful signal. 

The Final Year of COREnext 

As the project enters its final year, the focus remains on delivering impactful results. The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to reflect on progress, strengthen collaboration, and plan for the final phases of technology validation and dissemination. 

A huge thank you to all participants for their engagement and contributions, and to IHP for hosting and organising this event. The insights and discussions from this meeting will ensure COREnext is going to achieve its objectives and leaves a lasting impact on the future of computing and networking.  

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