SoftBank Group plans to build the industry's first Nvidia Blackwell-based AI supercomputer, according to an announcement at Nvidia's AI Summit in Tokyo this week. This announcement confirms SoftBank's AI ambitions, which have been rumored for some time. Interestingly, the supercomputer will use x86 CPU-based DGX B200 servers, not Arm-based processors.
SoftBank's s telecom arm will build an AI supercomputer based on Nvidia's DGX B200 servers, featuring x86 processors and eight B200 GPU modules per server. SoftBank plans to adopt the Grace Blackwell platform, which combines Arm-based Grace CPUs and Blackwell AI GPUs, eventually (it's unclear when).
