NVIDIA Corporation is an American multinational technology company that designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs), mobile technologies, and desktop computers. The company was founded in 1993 by three American computer scientists, Jen-Hsun Huang, Curtis Priem, and Christopher Malachowsky. NVIDIA is known for developing integrated circuits, which are used in everything from electronic game consoles to personal computers (PCs) . The company is a leading manufacturer of high-end graphics processing units (GPUs) . NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
NVIDIA is a dominant supplier of artificial intelligence hardware and software. The company engineers the most advanced chips, systems, and software for the AI factories of the future. NVIDIAs GPUs are used for edge-to-cloud computing and supercomputers. The company also makes AI-powered software for audio and video processing, such as Nvidia Maxine. While NVIDIA sells GPUs to consumers under the GeForce brand name, the company names each new generation of its enterprise architecture products after a famous scientist, such as Maxwell, Turing, and Tesla. As of this writing, the current generation is Ampere, while the next generation to come to market is Hopper. Other popular NVIDIA products include the following:
- GeForce: NVIDIAs line of consumer-oriented graphics processors for desktops and laptops.
- NVIDIA Omniverse: A platform for creating and simulating virtual environments.
NVIDIA is also involved in the gaming industry with its handheld game consoles Shield Portable, Shield Tablet, and Shield TV, and its cloud gaming service GeForce Now.
