Japan's SoftBank Explores Homegrown AI Servers with Nvidia, Foxconn, Nikkei Reports

SoftBank in talks with Nvidia to build homegrown AI servers, Nikkei reports

May 8 (Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Corp ​has ‌begun discussions with U.S. chip giant ‌Nvidia ​and ⁠Taiwanese contract ⁠manufacturer Foxconn as the conglomerate weighs ​plans to build ⁠homegrown ⁠artificial intelligence ​servers, the ​Nikkei newspaper reported ‌on Friday. SoftBank is considering ⁠starting design and component assembly by ⁠the ‌end ⁠of the ​decade, ‌Nikkei added. (Reporting ​by ⁠Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru; Editing by Diti ​Pujar…

Japan's SoftBank explores homegrown AI servers with Nvidia, Foxconn, Nikkei reports

May 8 : SoftBank Corp has begun discussions with U.S. chip giant Nvidia and Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn as it weighs plans to build "made-in-Japan" artificial intelligence servers, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday.The Japanese telecom company wants to build a production system by i

SoftBank explores homegrown AI servers with Nvidia, Foxconn: Report

SoftBank is exploring plans to manufacture artificial intelligence servers within Japan. The company is in talks with chip giant Nvidia and contract manufacturer Foxconn. Initially, SoftBank aims to assemble components sourced from abroad. This initiative is part of SoftBank's upcoming medium-term management plan. The focus will be on high-performance servers for advanced AI applications.

SoftBank plans potential AI server project with Nvidia and Foxconn

The Japanese ​telecom company wants to build a production ⁠system by initially assembling externally sourced ​components by the end of the ​decade, before eventually taking charge of the entire server manufacturing process, News.Az reports, citing Reuters. *** The unit will focus ​on high-performance servers capable of running ​advanced graphics processing units at high speeds, the ‌report ⁠also said. The project will be part of SoftBank's medi…