Through the collaboration, the Taiwan-based company will integrate Nvidia technology to build a new class of data centres that will facilitate a wide array of applications and an increasing number of language-based generative AI services
Foxconn to integrate Nvidia technology to build a new class of data centres. (Credit: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
American technology company Nvidia has forged a partnership with Taiwan-based Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) to develop factories and systems for the artificial intelligence (AI) industrial revolution.
Through the collaboration, Foxconn will integrate Nvidia technology to build a new class of data centres that will facilitate a broad array of applications and an increasing number of language-based generative AI services.
The applications will include digitalisation of manufacturing and inspection workflows and development of AI-driven electric vehicle (EV) and robotics platforms.
Nvidia said that the partnership will start with the development of AI factories. The facilities will be NVIDIA GPU computing infrastructure specially built for processing, refining, and transforming huge volumes of data into valuable AI models and tokens.
They will be based on the Nvidia accelerated computing platform, including the latest NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said: “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.”
Foxconn will also build Foxconn Smart EV on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion 9, which is a next-generation platform for autonomous automotive fleets supported by NVIDIA DRIVE Thor.
Besides, the Taiwanese company will develop Foxconn Smart Manufacturing robotic systems and Foxconn Smart City.
Foxconn Smart Manufacturing robotic systems will be built on the NVIDIA Isaac autonomous mobile robot platform while the company’s smart city platform will integrate the Nvidia Metropolis intelligent video analytics platform.
The collaboration will enable Foxconn to build a large number of systems based on Nvidia central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), and networking for its customer base around the world.
It will support Foxconn customers to use Nvidia accelerated computing to offer generative AI services and use simulation to expedite the training of autonomous machines, including self-driving cars and industrial robots.
Furthermore, Foxconn aims to deliver highly automated and autonomous, AI-driven EVs featuring the upcoming NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion 9 platform.
Foxconn chairman and CEO Young Liu said: “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.”
Earlier this year, Nvidia announced a partnership with Foxconn to build automated and autonomous vehicle platforms.