AI wunderkind Nvidia is further extending its influence in the telecoms industry, with a huge new order of graphics processing units (GPUs) for Japan’s SoftBank and a 6G Research Cloud platform to encourage operators to experiment with its cutting-edge kit. Nvidia’s meteoric rise has been well documented. Since the beginning of 2023, when its reputation in AI started to spread, shares in the company have risen 491%. Nvidia now has a market capitalization of $2.19 trillion, ranking as the sixth largest company in the world in terms of market cap, with Microsoft ($2.99 trillion) and Apple ($2.68 trillion) at the top of the list. The firm is known for its specialism in GPUs, which were originally used more commonly in…