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.

SoftBank Group Corp. will be the first Nvidia Corp. customer to build a supercomputer based on the chipmaker’s new Blackwell design, a move to meet growing demand in a country eager to catch up in artificial intelligence.

Speaking at Nvidia's AI Summit in Tokyo, Jensen Huang announced that SoftBank will build Japan's most powerful AI supercomputer using the chipmaker's latest designs. In addition to the new computer, SoftBank is also going to use Nvidia gear to provide AI services over cellular networks.

Amazon.com's cloud computing unit on Tuesday said it will offer free computing power to researchers who want to use its custom artificial intelligence chips, aiming to challenge Nvidia's popularity among those researchers.

Amazon reportedly will manufacture its own artificial intelligence chips. That will put it in competition with AI darling Nvidia.

Amazon is reportedly working on its own AI processor to lessen its reliance on NVIDIA for AI chips. The initiative will also add pressure on Nvidia, which dominates the AI chip business. The e-commerce giant is reportedly getting ready to debut its AI chips and this comes as Amazon is attempting to claim a fair

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