Nvidia and Docomo claim the world’s first GPU-accelerated 5G network

US semiconductor giant Nvidia is keen to persuade telcos to use its chips in their networks but it still has a way to go.
The announcement of the first GPU (graphics processing unit) -accelerated 5G network, run by NTT Docomo in Japan, has been positioned by Nvidia as a proof-point of this, but the supporting media and analyst call was thin on specifics. Everyone knows Nvidia’s GPU chips are really powerful, which is why they’re taking centre stage in the current AI boom and why anyo