(Bloomberg) -- 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 catc ...

SoftBank (OTCPK:SOBKY) plans to build its next supercomputer - using Nvidia's more advanced Grace Blackwell design - to run extremely compute-intensive workloads.The Japanese telecom giant also ...

signaling further consolidation in the artificial intelligence chip sector. The company was previously valued at $8 billion in a proposed SoftBank Group Corp. SFTBY minority investment in 2021.

Spokespeople for Nvidia and SoftBank maintain that the blockbuster chip deal is still on. Nvidia may bail on its plan to acquire British chip designer Arm for $40 billion in the face of stern ...