Hardware checklist

For neuromorphic and HPC hardware platforms, following the HBP hardware checklist. Unlike the other tracks, the evidence is a questionnaire the platform team answers.

Service types: hardware · Rubric: EBRAINS default, version x4

How to read it: a level is supported when any of its questions is answered positively, and the TRL is the highest level reached without a gap below it. An unanswered question is a gap to fill, not a failure.

TRL 1 · Project initiation

• Supporting information includes published research or other references that identify the principles
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Technology principles and high-level objectives are defined
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Ethical aspects for hardware production and operation are addressed and EU-compliant
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Use case definitions (target users and activities)
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 2 · Conceptualisation

• Practical applications are identified (may be speculative)
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Most of the work is analytical or paper studies
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Experimental work designed to corroborate principles, with validation criteria for critical components
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Proof of concept is being planned
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 3 · Proof of concept implementation

• Analytical and laboratory-scale studies validate separate elements
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Critical components validated, no integration attempted
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 4 · Prototype component

• Basic components integrated for load testing
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Low-fidelity system demonstrates basic functionality
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Experimental test results recorded against performance goals
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 5 · Prototype integration

• Components integrated so the configuration matches the final application
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Laboratory results analysed against the eventual operating environment
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Increased fidelity of system and environment to the actual application
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 6 · Pilot-scale prototype to real-world integration

• Engineering-scale prototype tested in a relevant environment
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Test environment closely represents the actual operating environment
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Initial system and user documentation
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 7 · Operational integration

• Full-scale integrated system validated in a real-world environment
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Full-scale test results and analysis of differences to the test environment
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Final design virtually complete
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 8 · Deployment

• Integrated system proven in its final form under expected conditions
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Final configuration demonstrated through test and analysis for its operational environment
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• All user, training and maintenance documentation completed
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

TRL 9 · Production

• System in its final form operated under the full range of operating conditions
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.
• Final product operates over the full range of expected conditions
  Answered in the hardware questionnaire.

Generated from the rubric Ready evaluates. Organisations can assess their own catalogues against their own rubric in Ready; those results are labelled as such and are not the EBRAINS default.