NOTE to Students: Before answering the questions, read the “Background” and watch the videos under “Resources” below.
1. What are GPUs?

2. What is the aim of the two major public-private partnerships the U.S. Department of Energy has formed with Nvidia and AMD?

3. Why does Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang say the world's AI must run on American innovation?

4. In what fields does the DOE's largest AI supercomputer, Nvidia's Solstice system, aim to lead?

5. In the press release announcing the partnership, what does Nvidia say the Trump Administration is committed to doing?

6. What does Jensen Huang, the sixth-wealthiest person in the world, say is the goal of DOE Secretary Chris Wright's move to partner with these private companies?

7. Watch the FoxBusiness video with Energy Secretary Wright under "Resources" below.
How did he respond when asked: What are some of the innovations you expect to come out of (AMD's supercomputers) Lux and Discovery?

8. Watch Jensen Huang at the White House with President Trump on April 30 announcing the partnership. What does he say about computers and manufacturing?

9. Secretary Wright also said of the partnerships: "It's a government wide effort to keep the us in the lead in AI. ... We have to do things differently."
And in another interview said, "President Trump [is] getting government to move at the speed of business."
a) Do you support these ideas/policies? Explain your answer.
b) Should the next president - whether Democrat or Republican - continue to promote policies to have America lead in AI? and to have the government partner with private companies in these areas? Explain your answer.
c) Ask a parent the same questions.