Introduction
NVIDIA Corporation is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs), which are used in computer systems to provide high-definition video and other multimedia capabilities. The company was founded in 1993 by Jen-Hsun Huang, Curtis Priem, Chris Malachowsky and Pat Hanrahan.
NVIDIA’s headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California; it has offices throughout the world including Europe, Asia and Australia. The company employs more than 8500 people worldwide and its products are sold by over 2200 partners in 40 countries around the globe.
Founding of NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA Corporation was founded in 1993 by Jen-Hsun Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem. The company’s initial business model was to develop graphics processing units (GPUs) for the PC market.
In 1996, NVIDIA released its first graphics processing unit (GPU), which was called GeForce 256 and had 32 pixel pipelines. This GPU could process up to 8 million pixels per second while consuming only 15 watts of power under load conditions.
NVIDIA’s Stock Performance
NVIDIA Corporation is a global leader in artificial intelligence, visual computing and autonomous machines. The company designs and produces graphics processing units (GPUs), which are used for professional applications such as design, manufacturing, medical imaging and scientific research. NVIDIA also develops software that powers millions of PC, mobile devices and servers.
NVIDIA was founded in 1993 by Jen-Hsun Huang and Chris Malachowsky with $10 million in venture funding from investors including Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital Ventures. The company went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange in 1999 with an initial offering price of $14 per share; it reached its all-time high share price of $258 during December 2017 before falling back down to around $200 today.
Overview of NVIDIA’s Products and Services
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a global leader in graphics processing units (GPUs), which are used to power the world’s best gaming and professional graphics solutions. The company’s GPUs have been used in more than 100 million PCs, tablets, smartphones and other devices.
NVIDIA offers a wide range of products and services for consumers, including GeForce gaming GPUs; NVIDIA Tesla accelerated computing platforms; Quadro professional workstation graphics solutions; NVS embedded visual computing systems; GRID cloud-based virtualized graphics products; SHIELD Android TV devices that enable 4K HDR streaming on TVs with an HDMI connection; NVIDIA DRIVE self-driving cars on the road today; Holodeck virtual reality collaboration software development platform for VR designers and developers; Iray physically based rendering technology used by leading manufacturers worldwide for design validation & verification purposes
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