Foxconn, Nvidia tie up to build AI factories
Robert Way
Foxconn (OTCPK:FXCOF), the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) will join hands to build artificial intelligence factories for a range of applications including self-driving cars.
At Foxconn's (OTCPK:FXCOF) tech showcase in Taipei, Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang said these AI factories - or large data centers - will be used for training autonomous vehicles, language-based generative AI and robotics platforms. "In the future, every company, every industry, will have AI factories," he said.
Foxconn (OTCPK:FXCOF), formally known as Hon Hai Precision (OTCPK:HNHAF), will use Nvidia's (NVDA) latest chips - including the GH200 superchip that it is not allowed to sell in China - and software to build these data centers.
The Taiwanese company's chairman Liu Young-way did not clarify how these AI factories would differ from existing rival ones that use Nvidia's (NVDA) technology.
The announcement comes close on the heels of the U.S. unveiling new restrictions aimed at hindering China's access to advanced semiconductor technology.
The new curbs will target Nvidia's (NVDA) A800 and H800 AI chips, which were created for the Chinese market after the U.S. imposed its first set of curbs last year, as well as one of its gaming chips.

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