SoftBank Plans 1st Supercomputer With Nvidia Blackwell Chips

SoftBank is Nvidia's first Blackwell chips customer. Here's what they're going to be used for.
The collaboration comes amid skyrocketing demand for Nvidia chips, as companies scramble to secure supplies.
Nvidia and SoftBank pilot world's first AI and 5G telecom network
Leading chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank Corp , the telecommunications arm of SoftBank Group , have piloted the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G telecoms network, the two companies said on Wednesday.
SoftBank Plans Supercomputer With Nvidia Blackwell Chips
SoftBank Group Corp. will be the first to build a supercomputer with chips using Nvidia Corp.’s new Blackwell design, a demonstration of the Japanese company’s ambitions to catch up on AI.
SoftBank will be first to receive Nvidia's Blackwell chips to build supercomputer
SoftBank's (OTCPK:SFTBY) telecom unit will receive the world's first AI system featuring Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) Blackwell chips to build Japan's most powerful supercomputer, and plans to use the Grace Blackwell platform for its next supercomputer.
SoftBank first to receive new Nvidia chips for supercomputer
SoftBank's Japanese telecoms unit will receive the first chips using Nvidia's latest Blackwell design for its supercomputer, the California-based chip designer said, as Masayoshi Son looks to ride the artificial intelligence boom.
Huang, Son Joke About SoftBank's Early Stake in Nvidia
At an AI summit in Tokyo on Wednesday, Jensen Huang and Masayoshi Son joked about how SoftBank was once Nvidia's largest shareholder before dumping its stake. The two billionaires are now joining forces on a Japanese supercomputer.
Nvidia, SoftBank to work together on AI-driven mobile networks
U.S. chip company Nvidia Corp. and Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday that they will collaborate to create mobile networks utilizing artificial intelligence in Japan.

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