NVIDIA Corp CEO Jensen Huang said Thursday his company will help Japan develop a domestic artificial intelligence foundation model by providing advanced AI chips as part of its deeper ties with the country’s technology industry.
The US chip giant will work with Noetra Corp, a government-backed company, to build an AI factory that will provide the computing foundation to develop multimodal foundation models for physical AI, technology that enables robots and other devices to operate autonomously.
Noetra, established in January by a consortium of 44 Japanese companies including Sony Group Corp, SoftBank Corp, NEC Corp and Honda Motor Co, started full-scale operations Thursday, with government financial support of 1 trillion yen ($6 billion) over five years.
Nvidia will provide 27,500 Rubin graphics processing units to operate the AI factory.
“Nvidia is honored to provide the computing systems for Japan’s first national AI infrastructure,” the CEO said at an event hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo.
Kyodo
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