Nvidia and SoftBank launch 3 major projects: the first AI+5G telecommunications network, building Japan's most powerful supercomputer, and an AI marketplace.

AI chip giant Nvidia and SoftBank announced today that they will launch a series of collaborations. SoftBank will be the first to use Nvidia's latest Blackwell platform to build Japan's most powerful AI supercomputer. In addition, the two parties have successfully tested the world's first telecommunications network that combines AI and 5G. (Background: Minister of Economy: The rumor about 'Nvidia investing in Taiwan' by Clouded Leopard Energy is manipulating the stock market, saying many inappropriate things...) (Background: Nvidia replaces Intel as a component stock of the Dow Jones Index; Intel Q3 incurs the largest loss in history.) Nvidia, the AI chip giant, released a press release on the 12th, announcing a series of collaborations with SoftBank Group, aiming to accelerate the advancement of Japan's sovereign AI plan, further consolidate its global technology leadership, and release billions of dollars of AI opportunities for global telecom service providers. Nvidia and SoftBank jointly promote AI. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang revealed three core plans of the cooperation at the NVIDIA AI Japan Summit held in Tokyo. First, SoftBank will use the latest Nvidia Blackwell platform to create Japan's most powerful AI supercomputer to date. The system will use the world's first batch of Nvidia DGX B200 systems, not only providing SoftBank with generative AI, but also making it available for use by universities, research institutions, and enterprises across Japan. In addition, SoftBank also plans to create another supercomputer based on the more advanced Nvidia Grace Blackwell platform to meet more intensive computing needs. Second, Nvidia and SoftBank collaborated to develop the world's first telecommunications network system that combines AI and 5G (AI-RAN). This innovation not only achieves telecom-grade 5G performance, but also makes good use of idle network capacity to perform AI computing, creating new revenue sources for telecom operators. SoftBank's AI-RAN solution is estimated to save 40% of electricity compared to traditional 5G infrastructure and can be applied to areas such as autonomous driving assistance and robot control. According to Nvidia and SoftBank's assessment, the return on investment for telecom operators' AI-RAN can reach 5 times, and the profit margin for each AI RAN server is as high as 219%. The third important cooperation is to establish an AI marketplace. SoftBank uses the AI Enterprise software from Nvidia to create an AI trading platform, meeting Japan's urgent demand for secure AI computing services. This platform supports AI training and edge computing inference, making SoftBank an important hub for connecting Japan's AI supply and demand. SoftBank was once Nvidia's largest shareholder. SoftBank was a shareholder of Nvidia, but in 2019, it cleared its 4.9% stake purchased for $700 million, cashing out $3.3 billion. When SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son appeared on stage with Jensen Huang at the summit on Wednesday, Huang jokingly reminded that SoftBank was previously the largest shareholder of Nvidia, with the previous stake valued at about $17.8 billion. Masayoshi Son immediately cried on Huang's shoulder, and Huang embraced and comforted him. Bloomberg reported that the Japanese government has allocated 4 trillion yen ($26 billion) to strengthen its domestic chip production capacity, including an ambitious project to build an advanced wafer fab from scratch by Rapidus to challenge TSMC in manufacturing Nvidia chips. Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe also promised over $65 billion in new support for the country's semiconductor and AI industries. Related Reports: Nvidia releases AI detection technology: Can it accelerate tracking on-chain illegal activities and investigating the Ko Wen-je case? Nvidia GB200, the 'top AI server', is in high demand from cloud giants! Hon Hai wins the contract: demand is incredibly high. Is the GPU bubble about to burst? Expert: Nvidia H100 rental price plummets to 'US$2 per hour', why is the demand decreasing. <Nvidia and SoftBank launch 3 major initiatives: the first AI+5G telecommunications network, building Japan's most powerful supercomputer, AI marketplace> This article was first published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media in Dynamic Zone.