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by DrNosferatu 850 days ago
Or the EU enforces competition on the AI hardware market by funding an “Airbus for GPUs”.

I would say it’s even more strategic than the original.

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The EU Airbus for GPUs will appear 10 years from now and have the performance of a GPU from two years ago.
They won't start from zero. Nevertheless, what you point out is one more reason to get started ASAP.
As with the Concorde, the UK could be included. So this would encompass:

ARM Holdings;

Imagination Technologies (UK) - PowerVR GPUs (mobile, automotive, embedded)

NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands) - GPUs for automotive & industrial

STMicroelectronics (France/Italy) - GPUs for automotive, industrial & consumer

BrainChip (Australia, subsidiary in France) - neuromorphic computing chips (similar to GPUs)

Graphcore (UK) - intelligence processing units (IPUs) for machine learning (alternative to GPUs for some applications)

InCore Semiconductor (Netherlands) - custom high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, including GPUs

Kalray (France) - programmable processors for data centers (alternative to GPUs for some applications)

RISC-V International (non-profit, enables European companies to design own GPUs)

Think Silicon (Greece)

...any others?