- Nvidia is on a mission to underpin major digital infrastructures and development processes with its processors and software
- It’s already at the centre of the AI datacentre universe
- Now it has launched AI Aerial, its hardware/software combo solution for AI-enabled radio access network (RAN) architectures, though the supporting tech is already part of its 6G pitch
- Its proposition is supported by a roster of big name partners, including Dell, HPE, SuperMicro, Wind River, Red Hat, Samsung, Fujitsu and close collaborator SoftBank
- Nvidia is also taking AI Aerial into an ecosystem partnership with T-Mobile US, Ericsson and Nokia
- The move will only add to Intel’s current woes
Nvidia has cemented its position as the one of the key technology suppliers and, just as importantly, influencers in the mobile network infrastructure sector with the launch of AI Aerial, a combination of software and hardware designed to revamp the operations and capabilities of radio access network (RAN) architectures.
That Nvidia, already the fulcrum of next-generation datacentre and enterprise IT developments thanks to the AI-driven demand for its graphics processing units (GPUs) and associated software, has had its eye on the mobile infrastructure sector is no secret – it made it very clear last summer that it intended to insert itself into the RAN technology ecosystem and become the focal point of AI developments in mobile network architectures – see Nvidia smells blood in the RAN.
That initial foray into the mobile networks sector hinged on tests and trials with Japanese mobile operator SoftBank that focused on the development of a distributed accelerated computing cloud platform that could run multiple mobile networking and generative AI (GenAI) workloads on a shared IT platform – see Nvidia and SoftBank team on GenAI, 5G/6G platform.
