SoftBank explores homegrown AI servers with Nvidia, Foxconn: Report

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 initially assembling ​externally sourced components by the end of the decade, before eventually taking ​charge of the ⁠entire server ‌manufacturing process, Nikkei added.