News Bytes 20250818: DeepSeek Model Training Troubles; RISC-V GPU Startup Seeks Funds

A good August morning to you! It was a geopolitically-weighted week in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a quick (8:29) overview of recent developments, including: US government to invest in Intel?; training trouble for Chinese AI chips; RISC-V GPU startup seeks funding; NSF and NVIDIA in AI for science partnership

Europe, Seeking HPC and AI Autonomy, Launches €240M DARE Project

A €240 million project has been launched to promote HPC and AI autonomy in Europe. The Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe, Special Agreement 1 (DARE SGA1) project marks “a significant milestone ….”