TOKYO (Reuters) -Leading chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank Corp, the telecommunications arm of SoftBank Group, have piloted the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G telecoms network, the two companies said on Wednesday.

Nvidia and SoftBank Corporation declared the launch of the world’s first telecom network capable of running artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G tasks simultaneously. The companies have coined this network as an ‘artificial intelligence radio access network’ (AI-RAN),

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.

Nvidia chips will be used in SoftBank's supercomputer. It's a sign of the company's dominance in advanced AI hardware.

SoftBank Group Corp. is set to develop Japan’s leading AI supercomputer using Nvidia Corp.’s advanced Blackwell chips. SSoftBank’s telecom unit plans to build Japan’s most powerful AI supercomputer using Nvidia’s AI accelerator chips.

Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang had announced the plans to use new Blackwell design earlier this year but the execution slowed following supply chain issues.

Nvidia and Softbank Corp have piloted the world's first 5G telecom network powered by artificial intelligence, as part of a collaboration between the two tech giants. During the Nvidia AI Summit in Japan on Wednesday,