Nvidia

Nvidia Corporation
	Logo
	Headquarters at Santa Clara in 2018
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: NVDA; NASDAQ-100 component; S&P 100 component; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Semiconductors; Artificial intelligence; Video games; Consumer electronics; Computer hardware;
Founded	April 5, 1993; 31 years ago
Founders	Jensen Huang; Curtis Priem; Chris Malachowsky;
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jensen Huang (president & CEO); Colette M. Kress (CFO);
Products	Graphics processing units (GPU); Central processing units (CPU); Chipsets; Drivers; Tablet computers; TV accessories; Automotives;
Revenue	US$11.7 billion (2019)
Operating income	US$3.804 billion (2018)
Net income	US$4.141 billion (2018)
Total assets	US$13.292 billion (2018)
Total equity	US$9.342 billion (2018)
Number of employees	18,100 (October 2020)
Subsidiaries	Nvidia Advanced Rendering Center; Mellanox Technologies ; After proposed acquisition: Arm Ltd. (90%)
Website	www.nvidia.com

Nvidia Corporation^[a] (/ɛnˈvɪdiə/ EN-vid-EE-ə) is an American multinational corporation. It is based in Santa Clara, California. They make graphical processing technologies for computers and small mobile devices like smartphones. The company supplies electronic chips for motherboard chipsets, smart phones' graphic controller, graphics processing units, and game consoles. Nvidia product lines include: GeForce, Quadro, and nForce (chipsets).

In 2023 it was said to be the world’s most valuable chipmaker.^[2] Demand for its artificial intelligence chips more than doubled its income in 2023. Its stock market value jumped to more than $1 trillion.^[3]

Name

"Nvidia", is a combination of two parts: n (usually used as a mathematical variable) and video (Latin: to "see").

History

Nvidia was started in 1993 by Jen-Hsun Huang, Curtis Priem, and Chris Malachowsky. In 2000 Nvidia took intellectual possession of 3dfx, one of the biggest GPU producers in 1990s.

On December 14, 2005, Nvidia bought ULI. At that time ULI supplied 30% Southbridge parts for chipsets to ATI), Nvidia's competitor. In March 2006, Nvidia bought the company Hybrid Graphics.^[4] On January 5, 2007, the company announced their acquisition of PortalPlayer, Inc.^[5]

In December 2006, Nvidia, along with its main rival in the graphics industry Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), received subpoenas from the Justice Department. This was regarding possible antitrust violations in the graphics-card industry.^[6]

Forbes magazine called Nvidia "Company of the Year for 2007" for accomplishing company goals in last 5 years.^[7]

Products

NV1 – Nvidia's first product, based on quadratic surfaces
RIVA 128 and RIVA 128ZX – DirectX 5 support, OpenGL 1 support, Nvidia's first DirectX-compliant hardware
RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2 – DirectX 6 support, OpenGL 1 support; the series that made Nvidia a market-leader
Nvidia GeForce - Desktop-graphics acceleration-solutions
Nvidia Quadro – High-quality workstation solutions
Nvidia Tesla - Dedicated GPGPU processing for High Performance Computing systems
Nvidia GoForce – Media processors for PDAs, Smartphones, and mobile phones featuring nPower technology
H100 AI processor
GPU for game consoles
- Xbox GeForce 3 - class GPU (on an Intel Pentium III/Celeron platform)
- PlayStation 3 - RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'

Nvidia Media

The Denny's roadside diner in East San Jose, c. 2023, where Nvidia's three co-founders agreed to start the company in 1993
Aerial view of the new Nvidia headquarters building and surrounding campus and area in Santa Clara, California, in 2017. Apple Park is visible in the distance.
Nvidia Yokneam office (former Mellanox Technologies), Israel, March 2023
NVIDIA Stock Price 1999-2023
A Shield Tablet with its accompanying input pen (left) and game controller