CERN’s FPGA Failure and the Suppression of 3D-Flow and 3D-CBS: A Call to Save Millions of Lives and Billions of Euros

After decades of outreach and evidence—never refuted—it is urgent to fund two 3D-CBS devices that could halve cancer deaths, and to support further press releases to inform taxpayers and decision-makers.

No refutations from CERN, IEEE, CPRIT, PAS, or scientists—despite press releases reaching over 300 million people worldwide. 3D-Flow & 3D-CBS can save billions of euro and halve cancer deaths. Immediate funding for the inventor to prove these benefits experimentally is urgent.

DALLAS, Sept. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (In PDF https://bit.ly/3UCW8XE) The Crosetto Foundation for the Reduction of Cancer Deaths, a registered nonprofit with North Texas Giving Day (https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/1951), has earned the Gold Seal for Transparency from GuideStar.org for eight consecutive years (https://www.guidestar.org/profile/03-0544575). The Foundation urgently calls on the public to help expose and correct scientific and institutional inconsistencies—issues that anyone, with or without a scientific background, can understand through common sense and factual evidence.

A $12 Billion Mistake

On 20 June 2025, the CERN Council approved FPGA-based upgrades for ATLAS and CMS (https://bit.ly/4mDncCi) despite decades of evidence showing that Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) systems are incapable of filtering data from 8 billion events per second. Their architecture is fundamentally inadequate for the demands of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its high-luminosity upgrade (HL-LHC).

Technical and Financial Concerns

FPGA architecture cannot effectively filter meaningful data from the LHC’s 1.2 billion events per second, which results in the recording of ‘garbage’ data that has already wasted over $4 billion in past decades. CERN’s new 20-trillion-transistor, a 650 kW FPGA system built for the HL-LHC, will similarly fail to filter data from the projected 8 billion events per second. This failure will cost an additional $12 billion in the coming decade, primarily due to the HL-LHC’s daily operational cost of $4 million, and the wasted time of thousands of scientists analyzing irrelevant information.

A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on this link.

Crosetto’s comprehensive 82-page article, submitted to CERN and IEEE on 14 April 2025 along with other detailed technical documents, provides scientific evidence supporting these claims (see pages 46–49 of https://bit.ly/4oNUOyT). He emphasizes that while FPGAs are suitable for many applications, their architecture is inadequate for the ultra-high-speed data processing required by the LHC’s trigger system.

Not Against CERN or IEEE — But to Save Them from Actions Harming Taxpayers

Crosetto, a long-standing IEEE member and participant of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium conferences since 1991, insists that his opposition is not an attack on CERN or IEEE but an effort to uphold scientific integrity. He has spent over 20 years working on experiments at CERN and is deeply invested in its success.

The alternative, the 3D-Flow system, was recognized as a breakthrough invention in 1993 by a review panel at Fermilab. (https://bit.ly/41i4ace). The panel’s report confirmed that the 3D-Flow architecture can execute Level-2 Trigger algorithms at Level-1—a capability impossible to achieve with FPGA architecture. Crosetto received $1 million to demonstrate its feasibility, which he successfully proved in a 45-page peer-reviewed article (https://bit.ly/45Mw6pM).

To disprove the 3D-Flow invention, CERN and IEEE would have to overturn the 1993 Fermilab review panel’s findings. This is impossible: the concept can be understood even by high school students, has been proven in hardware in a 144-processor 3D-Flow prototype (https://bit.ly/43Rlk0s), and its feasibility has been confirmed by 59 industry quotes (https://bit.ly/4myTwpY).

With current technology, the 3D-Flow system can perform >8,000 operations using just 6 kW, compared to CERN’s FPGA system performing only 66 operations at 650 kW (See pages 34-44 and 70-76 of https://bit.ly/4oNUOyT).

Despite this official recognition, influential scientists have consistently suppressed Crosetto’s work—including presentations, articles, and funding—while promoting the less-effective FPGA architecture. This suppression continued as recently as 3 July 2025, when anonymous reviewers for the IEEE-NSS-MIC-RTSD Conference suppressed two of Crosetto’s papers (https://bit.ly/45K6BFz, https://bit.ly/41hKwgk) without explanation, even after he immediately requested one.

Extending Benefits to Cancer Patients

Crosetto’s inventions also apply to medical imaging. The 3D-CBS device (https://bit.ly/45U2Wqv), enabled by the 3D-Flow system, can detect tumors as small as 100 cancer cells in a safe, two-minute, whole-body test costing about €200—well before tumors grow to 1,000,000 cells (1 mm of tissue), the detection threshold of CT, MRI, and mammography. This technology could halve premature cancer deaths (https://bit.ly/47eqiIh).

To realize this benefit, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson—who allocated $6 billion in public funds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7VJhz7easo) to CPRIT (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas)—should request CPRIT organize a public scientific comparison between Crosetto’s 3D-CBS invention and all other funded projects, and give Texans the chance to halve cancer mortality by funding the inventor to build two 3D-CBS devices to prove their efficacy.

Similarly, the President of Italy, as head of the Italian Army, could allocate just 0.1% of the annual defense budget to enable Italian-American scientist Dario Crosetto to build two 3D-CBS devices, proving the potential to save 400 defense employees from premature cancer deaths every year (https://bit.ly/3QbTLt4).

Other leading scientific and humanitarian institutions should take responsibility by appointing their experts to meet with Crosetto and address the most deadly and costly world calamity: cancer.

This includes the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS), which counts 86 Nobel Laureates among its members—more than any other academy. Notably, the CERN Director-General is also a PAS Council Member, as is the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. (https://bit.ly/3qii6Dv).

Crosetto’s concepts are accessible not only to scientists but also to students, journalists, politicians, and the general public.

They are explained in a book he wrote in 2000 with Montessori teachers and illustrated by high school students in a public video (A classroom demonstration of the concept of the 3D-Flow architecture is shown at minute 4:28 of https://bit.ly/4oN7Xbx).

For 32 years honest scientists have not been able to overcome the suppression of Crosetto’s work, therefore, it has become necessary to:

1. Secure minimal funding for press releases to inform taxpayers and cancer patients.
2. Pressure representatives to freeze CERN funding until transparency is implemented and a public scientific comparison is organized.
3. Urge Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson to facilitate a meeting between Crosetto and CPRIT scientists who manage $6 billion in cancer research, and President of Italy Sergio Mattarella to facilitate a meeting with Italian healthcare officials to address the cancer burden which costs €20 billion per year.

No Refutation — Only Silence

Despite informing CERN, IEEE, parliamentarians, and millions of people worldwide, no one has ever refuted Crosetto’s evidence. Silence cannot justify suppressing a solution that could save billions of euros and millions of lives.

Documented Failures and Broader Concerns

The CERN FPGA failures are part of a larger pattern of scientific inconsistencies at CERN, which have harmed taxpayers and slowed scientific progress. Examples include:

• 2010: CERN’s Director of Research awarded himself first prize at the CERN ‘Physics for Health’ workshop for a project that ultimately failed.
• 2011: The Neutrino Blunder. CERN claimed that neutrinos traveled faster than light—a claim later disproven. The error stemmed from poor experimental design and failure to apply fundamental principles of measurement accuracy (https://bit.ly/4ogjGPw, https://bit.ly/4mYC7H3).
• 2012: The inefficiency of CERN’s FPGA-based Level-1 Trigger has cost taxpayers more than $4 billion. Only 40 Higgs boson-like events were detected out of 100,000 generated by the LHC between 2010 and 2011. These 40 events were likely detected by chance, as shown by CERN’s repeated attempts to build several FPGA systems—all of which failed.
• 2016: CERN document CMS CR-2016/121 acknowledged that the upgraded Level-1 Trigger was ineffective and was dismissed in 2016. As a result, all FPGA Triggers were scrapped, including 4,000 CMS FPGA boards trashed that year. (https://cds.cern.ch/record/2194548/files/CR2016_121.pdf).
• 2019: The CERN-ATTRACT Misstep. The consortium, led by CERN’s former Director of Research, funded WPET—an implausible 350+ kg cancer-screening coat. (http://bit.ly/2JWsxG2, https://bit.ly/3iydDp3)

A Constructive Solution

The way forward is to organize public scientific meetings:

• At an IEEE conference, bringing Crosetto face-to-face with FPGA system designers before thousands of scientists worldwide.
• At CERN, in a format similar to the Fermilab review of 14 December 1993, which recognized the breakthrough capability of 3D-Flow.

Only through open comparison and discussion can CERN and IEEE uphold their missions and regain the public’s trust.

Efforts to Raise Awareness

Crosetto has actively informed the scientific community, public officials, and the media about these concerns.

• A press release sent on 28 August 2025 reached a potential audience of over 116 million people and was published by nearly 600 media outlets (https://bit.ly/3UCW8XE).
• In just the last two months, press releases were published by over 3,000 media outlets reaching over 300 million people, and his technical documentation has been sent to thousands of scientists (https://bit.ly/3HtisQv).
• His inventions were officially validated by experts at Fermilab and at international public scientific reviews, and they are understandable not only to scientists but also to high school students. No one has ever refuted their advantages or benefits.

Despite this, many of his detailed emails and letters to members of the European Parliament, scientific leaders, and government officials remain unanswered.

The core concept of the 3D-Flow system and its application in the 3D-CBS device for cancer detection is accessible to non-scientists. Crosetto stresses that this makes it a matter of public interest and accountability. He has provided extensive documentation, including 66 bibliographic references, to support his claims.

Outreach to Scientists, Politicians, and the Public

To ensure transparency, Crosetto has invested decades in informing Members of the European Parliament, scientific leaders (IEEE, CERN), and the general public. The table below documents the reach, readership, and media placement of his most recent press releases and communications.

Table Key:

• Lang.: Language (EN = English, FR = French, DE = German, IT = Italian)
• MEPs: Members of the European Parliament
• Sci.: Scientists, IEEE, CERN, Leaders
• Pub.: General Public, Media, Journalists
• To: Recipients (Total Potential Reach / Known Unique Readers) + unknown readers
• Total Potential Reach: M = million, K = thousand
• Placed: Number of media outlets publishing (see thousands of links at https://bit.ly/3HtisQv)

Call to Action

There is an urgent need to:

1. Fund two 3D-CBS prototypes to demonstrate the ability to halve cancer deaths.
2. Freeze CERN’s FPGA funding until a public scientific comparison is organized.
3. Support outreach efforts so more taxpayers and leaders can be informed.

To bring transparency and save millions of lives, the Crosetto Foundation must continue its vital work. Our mission is to halve premature cancer deaths by publishing press releases, engaging with key decision-makers, and funding the construction of two 3D-CBS prototypes to provide experimental proof.

The Foundation is accredited to receive donations through North Texas Giving Day each year. This year the last day is September 18, 2025 (https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/1951). Contributions also support outreach campaigns ensuring that taxpayers, policymakers, and scientists are fully informed.

The Crosetto Foundation has earned the GuideStar Gold Seal for Transparency for eight consecutive years, assuring donors of responsible and transparent stewardship.

Please Donate Today

Your donation supports transparency, saves taxpayer money, and helps prevent millions of premature cancer deaths.

• North Texas Giving Day (before 18 September 2025): https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/1951
• Online: https://crosettofoundation.org/donate-now/
• Zelle: If you have Zelle app on your phone or computer, send your donation directly to [email protected]

For donations from Italy:

• Bank: CRS – Cassa di Risparmio di Savigliano
• Account: Associazione Fondazione Crosetto – ODV – ONLUS
• IBAN: IT53E063054640000050129593
• BIC: SARCIT2S

Every contribution, no matter how small, helps us publish additional press releases, reach more decision-makers, and accelerate the funding for these life-saving devices.

Final Note

This fight is not against CERN or IEEE. It is to save them, along with billions in taxpayer funds and millions of human lives.

Contact

Jennifer Colburn

Crosetto Foundation for the Reduction of Cancer Deaths
DeSoto, Texas
[email protected]
https://crosettofoundation.org/

Blog: https://crosettofoundation.org/blog/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064846172129
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dariocrosetto/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-crosetto-4b69a1227/
X: https://x.com/crosettodario

APPENDIXES:

Callouts:

1. “Only transparency, accountability, and open dialogue can save CERN. Contact your representative to safeguard your tax money”
2. “No favoritism on $6B to eradicate cancer, demand Nelson organize a public meeting between inventor Crosetto and CPRIT and let science truth emerge”
3. “Donate $10+ to help fund outreach demanding a public comparison of Crosetto’s 3D-Flow & 3D-CBS inventions to CERN’s costly, ineffective approach”
4. “3D-Flow using 6 kW executes >8,000 operations, meets 8B events/sec CERN HL-LHC needs until 2042, while CERN-FPGA ~66 operations at 650 kW does not”
5. “No refutation from CERN, IEEE, CPRIT, or PAS: 3D-Flow & 3D-CBS can save billions and halve cancer deaths”
6. “Despite reaching 300 million people, no refutation from institutions: urgently fund the inventor to prove 3D-Flow & 3D-CBS can halve cancer deaths”
7. “>$4B wasted by CERN to date, and >$12B more will be wasted in the next decade unless the 20 June 2025 CERN Council funding approval is halted”
8. “>39M lives lost prematurely to cancer, with millions more projected—despite 3D-CBS, a cost-effective early detection invention available since 2000”
9. “Your contribution empowers transparency in science and supports the acceleration of life-saving innovations”
10. “Crosetto’s 3D-CBS can detect tumors with <100 cancer cells at €200, 2-min safe whole-body test with the potential to save >260 lives/device/year”

Link to the previous, 3 July 2025 Press release: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/28/3140915/0/en/Urgent-Appeal-Freeze-CERN-Funding-Fund-Innovations-Suppressed-for-32-Years-That-Can-Save-Millions-of-Lives-and-Billions-of-Euros.html

Within two hours of publication, the press release had already been picked up by 141 media outlets; within 8 hours, by 305; and after 10 hours, by 574—reaching a potential audience of 112 million people and generating over 19,000 views, including more than 17,000 unique readers

Contact list of key scientists and decision-makers

The following is a list of scientists and leaders to whom this and other press releases have been sent. This communication is intended to inform key decision-makers and promote public discussion.

We encourage anyone to contact these individuals to foster dialogue and cooperation in resolving inconsistencies that hinder scientific progress. Only publicly available contact information has been provided to protect their privacy.

To: Japanese Scientific Leadership and colleagues: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] ; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
To: IEEE Leadership,
Kathleen A. Kramer, 2025 Pres. & CEO of IEEE, [email protected]
Mary Ellen Randal 2025 IEEE President Elect, [email protected];
Tom Coughlin, 2024 President and CEO of IEEE, [email protected]
José Moura, 2019 President and CEO of IEEE, [email protected]
John Verboncoeur, Editor for Physics of Plasma, Vice President IEEE Technical Activities, [email protected],.
Lorenzo Fabris, 2024 IEEE-NSS-MIC-RTSD Chair, [email protected],
Ralf Engels, 2024 IEEE-NSS-MIC-RTSD Coord, [email protected]
Anatoly Rozenfeld, 2018 IEEE-NSS-MIC-RTSD Chair; [email protected]  
John Aarsvold, 2017 IEEE-NSS-MIC-RTSD Chair, [email protected]
Ralph James, 2003 IEEE-NSS-MIC-RTSD Chair, [email protected]
To: Distinguished Scientists, Esteemed Colleagues,

Cc: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs); https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all  
Cc: Parliamentarians of CERN Member States: https://secure.ipex.eu/IPEXL-WEB/parliaments/list_parliaments
Cc: Parliamentarians of CERN Associated States, and Observer States; United States Representatives, https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Cc: Pontifical Academy of Sciences: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
Cc: Hon. Jane Nelson, Texas Secretary of State, [email protected];
Cc. Concerned Taxpayers

GLOBE Newswire, 3 July 2025 in English https://bit.ly/44cIbVQ, reach 63.7 million; French https://bit.ly/4lfjnTe, reach 8.3 million; German https://bit.ly/3TTV0yb; reach 11.3 million; translated into Italian https://bit.ly/4loi7go, RAI https://bit.ly/3GJERbP, video 11 minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwMnHRuWo4o.