Projects

Our Projects

From processor design tools to calorimeter visualisation — each project serves real scientific and engineering needs.

SAPHO
Simple Architecture for Processor Hardware and Organisation

Complete toolchain for processor creation and hardware–software co-design.

Hardware FPGA CMM
YANC
Yet Another NIPS-CERN Compiler

The compiler toolchain powering the SAPHO ecosystem.

Compiler C Flex/Bison
HITS
Hardware Impulse Train Synthesizer

Real-time FPGA simulator of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter readout.

FPGA Verilog DE10-Nano
AURORA
The IDE for SAPHO

The desktop IDE for SAPHO: write C±, compile, simulate and inspect, with AI-powered Aurora Intelligence.

Active Electron Aurora Intelligence
CGV
Calorimeter Geometry Viewer

3D calorimeter event visualisation — accessible worldwide.

Three.js ATLAS WebGL
GitHub
Open Source Repository

All NIPS-CERN open-source projects, tools, and code — publicly available on GitHub.

Open Source
github.com/nipscernlab
GitLab
NIPS-CERN on GitLab

Selected NIPS-CERN work on GitLab, including the Surfer fork we maintain for AURORA.
Archived
Retired projects, kept on record

Projects the group no longer develops, preserved with their story and the people who built them.

POLARIS