LOS ANGELES — Nvidia claims it has achieved a breakthrough in edge supercomputing and is working with Ericsson to build what it describes as the “world’s first software defined 5G RAN (radio access network).”

Nvidia's EGX platform comes with frameworks and software development kits for a variety of verticals, including smart cities, manufacturing, healthcare and retail. The platform is supported by more than 20 validated servers from Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo, QCT and Supermicro.

Mobile World Congress -- NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA EGX Edge Supercomputing Platform – a high-performance, cloud-native platform that lets organizations harness rapidly streaming data from factory floors, manufacturing inspection lines and city streets to securely deliver next-generation AI, IoT and 5G-based services at scale, with low latency.

Super Micro Computer, a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, expanded its EMEA Operations Park in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, with the acquisition of a new multi-purpose facility.