Company says machine could be scaled up to realize “the ultimate goal of a quantum data center”

SoftBank first expressed interest in the chipmaker back in 2021

Efforts supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry

Projects aim to accelerate Japan’s AI capabilities

AI platform now has 6,000 GPUs installed

Company granted 20 year lease on 500 sqm of land

Japanese conglomerate wants to enter the AI chip space

Value of the deal undisclosed

Outgoing CEO becomes chairman

Telco joins KDDI in planning data center on soon-to-close Sharp factory site

Parent company SoftBank currently in negotiations to secure production capacity

Bristol-based IPU maker reported $204m in losses during 2022

Aims to raise funds to compete with Nvidia

The 3G network was due to be retired at the end of this month

Deployment will help improve field sales and customer support

But is now at Microsoft, which has its own AI chips

The all-optical network supports Fujitsu's 1 FINITY Ultra Optical System T900

Telco going big for 14th facility – but details sparse for now

High altitude drone enables 5G video call between Rwanda and Japan

Would value GPU business at $1.5 billion

SoftBank plans to raise up to $4.9bn from the listing

Data collected from sub-scale flight in Arizona to be used in development of full scale unit

Big tech looks to keep the chip designer neutral

Telco promised to continue high-altitude R&D