Nvidia to launch Singapore research hub as city-state boosts AI plans

Key points

• Global artificial-intelligence chip leader Nvidia will launch a new research center in Singapore, one of a slew of new AI-related measures announced by the city-state on Wednesday.
• Nvidia's new lab represents its first Singapore research hub, and its second such presence in the Asia Pacific.
• The company has increasingly focused on embodied AI deployment in recent years, launching models, systems and chips for robotics.
• The new lab will focus on advancing embodied AI and increasing the efficiency of AI infrastructure, working alongside university researchers, industry partners, and government agencies.
• U.S.-based Nvidia's move comes as Singapore pitches itself as a regional AI hub, ideal for real-world development, testing and deployment of AI solutions, despite the city-state's relatively small size.