SoftBank plans first supercomputer with Nvidia Blackwell chips

SoftBank Group would be the first to construct a supercomputer with chips utilizing Nvidia’s new Blackwell design, an illustration of the corporate’s ambitions to make amends for AI.

SoftBank’s telecom unit plans to construct Japan’s strongest AI supercomputer to help a variety of native providers, the 2 firms stated. That pc might be primarily based on Nvidia’s DGX B200 product, which mixes pc processors with so-called AI accelerator chips. A follow-up effort will function Grace Blackwell, a extra superior model.

Shares of SoftBank, Japan’s No. 3 wi-fi service, reversed losses and rose 1.5% Wednesday. SoftBank Group, which includes the conglomerate’s funding groups, fell as a lot as 3.3%.