Previous generations of chips based on the Hopper architecture, including the H100 and ... AI platform” equipped with eight specially interconnected Blackwell GPUs. In recent months, Nvidia has faced challenges on the path to Blackwell production.

SoftBank will be the first to receive Nvidia chips with the Blackwell architecture. The Japanese company will implement these chips in a new

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 catch up on AI.

SoftBank Group is the first customer to use Nvidia's Blackwell chips, which will be used to develop an artificial intelligence supercomputer in Japan. The companies plan to build the system — which they call Japan's most powerful supercomputer — in early 2025.