Foxconn To Develop AI Data Centers Using Nvidia Chips and Software By CIOTechOutlook Team

Foxconn To Develop AI Data Centers Using Nvidia Chips and Software

CIOTechOutlook Team | Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 08:42 IST

Foxconn (Hon Hai Technology Group) of Taiwan is partnering with Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence (AI) data centers utilizing the latter's software and hardware.

“Foxconn will integrate Nvidia technology to develop a new class of data centers powering a wide range of applications – including digitalization of manufacturing and inspection workflows, development of AI-powered electric vehicle and robotics platforms, and a growing number of language-based generative AI services,” the AI chip giant said.

The collaboration starts with the creation of AI factories – an Nvidia GPU computing infrastructure specially built for processing, refining and transforming vast amounts of data into valuable AI models and tokens – based on the Nvidia accelerated computing platform, including the latest Nvidia GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip and Nvidia AI Enterprise software, as per ET Telecom.

“Most importantly, Nvidia and Foxconn are building these factories together. We will be helping the whole industry move much faster into the new AI-era,” said Foxconn Chairman and CEO Young Liu.

“A new type of manufacturing has emerged — the production of intelligence. And the data centers that produce it are AI factories,” said Huang. “Foxconn, the world’s largest manufacturer, has the expertise and scale to build AI factories globally. We are delighted to expand our decade-long partnership with Foxconn to accelerate the AI industrial revolution.”

Nvidia HGX reference designs with eight Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs per system, Nvidia GH200 Superchips, Nvidia OVX reference designs, and Nvidia networking are likely to be used by Foxconn.

According to the chipmaker, these technologies will enable Foxconn's clients to provide generative AI services as well as leverage simulation to accelerate the training of autonomous machines such as industrial robots and self-driving automobiles.