Nvidia and Nokia have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate next-gen AI mobile networks to enable the US to “regain global telecommunications leadership”.
The announcement was made during the tech giant’s annual Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC), a major technology and developer event taking place in Washington DC.
During his keynote speech, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said that while telecommunications was the lifeblood of the US economy, wireless technology around the world was largely today “deployed on foreign technology”.
“That has to stop – and we have an opportunity to do that. It’s time to get back into the game,” he said.
By joining forces with Nokia, the aim is for the Finnish tech company to use Nvidia’s AI chips and software to build smarter, more powerful mobile networks, including next-gen 6G, in the US.
This means that US-built tech will power these new mobile networks, a move that represents a nationalistic power shift to help “US companies regain...