Nvidia: What it does, How it was Started

Nvidia was started by Jensen Huang, and 2 others in 1993.

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The reason Nvidia started was to improve graphics technology in gaming.

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The first product of Nvidia was, the NV1, a graphic card in 1995.

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In 1999, Nvidia launched world's first GPU, the GeForce 256.

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After 7 years of operation Nvidia became profitable in 2000.

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In 2005 Nvidia's revenue was $1.3B with market cap of $6.3B

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Nvidia entered AI and deep learning with launch of CUDA in 2006.

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In 2010s Nvidia became Gaming and AI powerhouse.

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With market cap of $3.37T Nvidia is world's 2nd most valuable company.

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