# Nvidia
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{{Short description|American multinational technology company}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Nvidia Corporation
| logo = show|frameless|upright=1.2|class=logo-nobg
| logo_caption = Logo since 2006
| image = 2788-2888 San Tomas Expwy.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| image_caption = Headquarters in [Santa Clara, California](/source/Santa_Clara%2C_California), in 2023
| type = [Public](/source/Public_company)
| traded_as = {{Unbulleted list
| {{NASDAQ|NVDA}}
| [Nasdaq-100](/source/Nasdaq-100) component
| [DJIA](/source/DJIA) component
| [S&P 100](/source/S%26P_100) component
| [S&P 500](/source/S%26P_500) component
}}
| industry = [Semiconductors](/source/Semiconductor_industry)
| founded = {{start date and age|1993|4|5}}, in [Sunnyvale, California](/source/Sunnyvale%2C_California), US
| founders = {{Unbulleted list
| [Jensen Huang](/source/Jensen_Huang)
| [Chris Malachowsky](/source/Chris_Malachowsky)
| [Curtis Priem](/source/Curtis_Priem)
}}
| hq_location_city = Santa Clara, California
| hq_location_country = US
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
| Jensen Huang ([president](/source/President_(corporate_title)) and [CEO](/source/Chief_executive_officer))
| [Bill Dally](/source/Bill_Dally) (chief scientist)}}
| products =
| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|215.9 billion}} (FY26)
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{US$|130.4 billion}} (FY26)
| net_income = {{increase}} {{US$|120.1 billion}} (FY26)
| assets = {{nowrap| {{increase}} {{US$|206.8 billion}} (FY26)}}
| equity = {{increase}} {{US$|144.3 billion}} (FY26)
| num_employees = 42,000 (FY26)
| divisions =
| subsidiaries = {{Unbulleted list
| [Mental Images](/source/Mental_Images)}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.nvidia.com/|nvidia.com}}
| footnotes = Financials {{As of|2026|1|25|df=US|lc=y|pre=[fiscal year](/source/fiscal_year) ended}} (FY26).
References: [{{cite web |title=US SEC: EXHIBIT 21.1: List of Nvidia subsidiaries |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000021/nvda-20260125.htm|publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=February 25, 2026 |access-date=February 25, 2026 |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103040909/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581026000021/nvda-20260125.htm |url-status=live}}]
}}
'''Nvidia Corporation'''{{Efn|1=Officially written as '''NVIDIA Corporation''' and stylized in its logo as '''n''''''VIDIA''' with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA". Formerly stylized with an italicized lowercase "''n''".[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Logo Guidelines at a Glance |url=http://international.download.nvidia.com/partnerforce-us/Brand-Guidelines/NVIDIA_LogoGuidelines.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://international.download.nvidia.com/partnerforce-us/Brand-Guidelines/NVIDIA_LogoGuidelines.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=March 21, 2018 |website=nvidia.com |publisher=Nvidia}}] The unofficial capitalization '''nVidia''' is sometimes used by publications.[{{Cite news |last=Morgan |first=Timothy Prickett |title=Microsoft, nVidia tag team on HPC |url=https://www.theregister.com/2009/09/28/microsoft_nvidia_collaboration/ |access-date=March 12, 2022 |website=www.theregister.com |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407214002/https://www.theregister.com/2009/09/28/microsoft_nvidia_collaboration/ |url-status=live}}]}} ({{IPAc-en|ɛ|n|ˈ|v|ɪ|d|i|ə}} {{respell|en|VID|ee|ə}}) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in [Santa Clara, California](/source/Santa_Clara%2C_California). The company develops [graphics processing unit](/source/graphics_processing_unit)s (GPUs), [systems on chips](/source/System_on_a_chip) (SoCs), and [application programming interface](/source/application_programming_interface)s (APIs) for [data science](/source/data_science), [high-performance computing](/source/high-performance_computing), video games, and mobile and automotive applications.[{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=Sharon |title=How Nvidia dominated AI — and plans to keep it that way as generative AI explodes |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/how-nvidia-dominated-ai-and-plans-to-keep-it-that-way-as-generative-ai-explodes/ |date=February 23, 2023 |website=[VentureBeat](/source/VentureBeat) |access-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301074856/https://venturebeat.com/ai/how-nvidia-dominated-ai-and-plans-to-keep-it-that-way-as-generative-ai-explodes/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Cosgrove |first=Emma |title=Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang directly addresses the DeepSeek stock sell-off, saying investors got it wrong |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-addresses-deepseek-stock-sell-off-2025-2 |access-date=February 21, 2025 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221022220/https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-addresses-deepseek-stock-sell-off-2025-2 |url-status=live }}] Founded in 1993 by [Jensen Huang](/source/Jensen_Huang), [Chris Malachowsky](/source/Chris_Malachowsky), and [Curtis Priem](/source/Curtis_Priem), Nvidia has been widely described as a [Big Tech](/source/Big_Tech) company.
Originally focused on GPUs for video games, Nvidia broadened their use into other markets, including [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence) (AI), professional visualization, and [supercomputing](/source/Supercomputer). The company's product lines include [GeForce](/source/GeForce) GPUs for gaming and creative workloads, and professional GPUs for [edge computing](/source/edge_computing), scientific research, and industrial applications. As of the first quarter of 2025, Nvidia held a 92% share of the discrete desktop and laptop GPU market.[{{Cite news |last=Farooque |first=Faizan |date=June 6, 2025 |title=Nvidia Secures 92% GPU Market Share in Q1 2025 |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-secures-92-gpu-market-150444612.html |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=Yahoo Finance |archive-date=July 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715044647/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-secures-92-gpu-market-150444612.html |url-status=live }}][{{cite web
| url= https://www.jonpeddie.com/news/q125-pc-graphics-add-in-board-shipments-increased-8-5-from-last-quarter-due-to-nvidias-blackwell-ramping-up/
| title=Q1'25 PC graphics add-in board shipments increased 8.5% from last quarter due to Nvidia's Blackwell ramping up
| author=Jon Peddie Research
| publisher=Jon Peddie Research
| date= June 5, 2025}}
]
In the early 2000s, the company invested over a billion dollars to develop [CUDA](/source/CUDA), a software platform and API that enabled GPUs to run massively [parallel programs](/source/parallel_computing) for a broad range of compute-intensive applications.[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Doesn't Want Cryptocurrency Miners to Buy Its Gaming GPUs |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nvidia-doesn-t-want-cryptocurrency-miners-to-buy-its-gaming-gpus/ar-BB1e0KzQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414055629/https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nvidia-doesn-t-want-cryptocurrency-miners-to-buy-its-gaming-gpus/ar-BB1e0KzQ |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2021 |publisher=MSN}}][{{cite book |last1=Kirk |first1=David |title=Programming Massively Parallel Processors |last2=Hwu |first2=Wen-Mei |date=2017 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-12-811986-0 |edition=Third |page=345}}] As a result, as of 2025, Nvidia controlled more than 80% of the market for GPUs used in training and deploying AI models,[{{Cite web|title=NVIDIA FY25 10K|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581025000023/nvda-20250126.htm#if3830601512b46079053ec0daaf407ac_103|access-date=February 27, 2025|archive-date=March 20, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320173458/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581025000023/nvda-20250126.htm#if3830601512b46079053ec0daaf407ac_103|url-status=live}}] The company has also expanded into gaming hardware and services, with products such as the [Shield Portable](/source/Shield_Portable), [Shield Tablet](/source/Shield_Tablet), and [Shield TV](/source/Shield_TV), and operates the [GeForce Now](/source/GeForce_Now) cloud gaming service.[{{Cite magazine |last=Moore |first=Samuel K |date=September 7, 2023 |title=The Secret to Nvidia's AI Success |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/nvidia-gpu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103040911/https://spectrum.ieee.org/nvidia-gpu |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |access-date=November 3, 2023 |magazine=[IEEE Spectrum](/source/IEEE_Spectrum)}}] Furthermore, it has developed the [Tegra](/source/Tegra) line of mobile processors for smartphones, tablets, and automotive infotainment systems.[{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chris |date=August 3, 2011 |title=2011 The Year of Nvidia dominating Android Superphones and tablets |url=http://www.slashgear.com/2011-the-year-of-nvidia-dominating-android-superphones-and-tablets-03168784/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029172432/https://www.slashgear.com/2011-the-year-of-nvidia-dominating-android-superphones-and-tablets-03168784/ |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2011 |publisher=SlashGear}}][{{Cite web |title=Tegra Super Tablets |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-supertablets.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013042859/http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-supertablets.html |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=September 14, 2011 |publisher=Nvidia}}][{{Cite web |title=Tegra Super Phones |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-superphones.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013031649/http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-superphones.html |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=September 14, 2011 |publisher=Nvidia}}]
In 2023, Nvidia became the seventh U.S. company to reach a [US$1 trillion valuation](/source/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization).[{{Cite web |date=May 30, 2023 |title=Nvidia touches $1 trillion market cap as chipmaker rides AI wave |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-touches-1-trillion-market-cap-as-chipmaker-rides-ai-wave-133530381.html |access-date=February 17, 2024 |website=Yahoo Finance |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530135203/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-touches-1-trillion-market-cap-as-chipmaker-rides-ai-wave-133530381.html |url-status=live}}] In 2025, driven by soaring global demand for [AI data center](/source/AI_data_center) hardware in the midst of the [AI boom](/source/AI_boom), Nvidia became the first company in the world to surpass US$4 trillion[{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Robert |title=Chip Stock Rally Continues Wednesday After AI Boom Catapults Nvidia To World's Most Valuable Company |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/06/19/chip-stock-rally-continues-wednesday-after-ai-boom-catapults-nvidia-to-worlds-most-valuable-company/ |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=Forbes |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826011726/https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/06/19/chip-stock-rally-continues-wednesday-after-ai-boom-catapults-nvidia-to-worlds-most-valuable-company/ |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Clare |date=February 21, 2024 |title=AI boom drove Nvidia profits up 580% last year |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/tech/nvidia-ai-sales-boom |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=CNN |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826011726/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/tech/nvidia-ai-sales-boom |url-status=live }}] and US$5 trillion in [market capitalization](/source/market_capitalization).[{{Cite web |last=Berkowitz |first=Ben |title=Nvidia becomes the world's first $5 trillion company |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/nvidia-5-trillion/ |access-date=October 29, 2025 |website=Axios |date=October 29, 2025 }}] For its strength, size and market capitalization, Nvidia has been selected as one of [Bloomberg](/source/Bloomberg_L.P.)'s "[Magnificent Seven](/source/Big_Tech)", the seven biggest companies on the stock market in these regards.[{{cite news
|title=Why the Magnificent Seven Shapes US Stocks
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-12/the-magnificent-seven-shape-us-stocks-microsoft-apple-nvidia-and-more
|work=Bloomberg
|date=January 12, 2024
|access-date=August 5, 2025}}]
== History ==
=== Founding ===
[[File:2484 Berryessa Road.jpg|thumb|The [Denny's](/source/Denny's) roadside diner in [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California), where Nvidia's three co-founders agreed to start the company in late 1992]]
thumb|Nvidia's former headquarters which was home to the company through most of its pre-AI period (still in use)
[[File:Nvidia campus aerial.jpg|thumb|upright|Aerial view of Endeavor, the first of the two new Nvidia headquarters buildings, in [Santa Clara, California](/source/Santa_Clara%2C_California), in 2017]]
thumb|Entrance of Endeavor headquarters building in 2018
Nvidia was founded on April 5, 1993,[{{Cite web |title=Company Info |url=https://www.nvidia.com/page/corporate_timeline.html |access-date=November 9, 2010 |publisher=Nvidia.com |archive-date=July 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701130728/http://www.nvidia.com/page/corporate_timeline.html |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=Jensen Huang: Executive Profile & Biography |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=230160&privcapId=32307 |access-date=June 21, 2018 |website=[Bloomberg News](/source/Bloomberg_News) |archive-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622004950/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=230160&privcapId=32307 |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |last1=Huang |first1=Jen-Hsun |title=Articles of Incorporation of NVidia Corporation |url=https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/report/GetImageByNum/034117059052077044090092010255252084026143162165 |website=bizfile online |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date=October 11, 2024 |date=April 5, 1993}}] by Jensen Huang, a [Taiwanese-American](/source/Taiwanese-American) electrical engineer who was previously the director of CoreWare at [LSI Logic](/source/LSI_Logic) and a [microprocessor](/source/microprocessor) designer at [AMD](/source/AMD); [Chris Malachowsky](/source/Chris_Malachowsky), an engineer who worked at [Sun Microsystems](/source/Sun_Microsystems); and [Curtis Priem](/source/Curtis_Priem), who was previously a senior staff engineer and graphics chip designer at [IBM](/source/IBM) and Sun Microsystems.[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Company History: Innovations Over the Years |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/corporate-timeline/|access-date=April 17, 2021 |website=NVIDIA |archive-date=March 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309012821/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/corporate-timeline/|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Corporation {{!}} History, Headquarters, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/NVIDIA-Corporation|access-date=April 17, 2021|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426123917/https://www.britannica.com/topic/NVIDIA-Corporation|url-status=live}}] In late 1992, the three men agreed to start the company in a meeting at a [Denny's](/source/Denny's) roadside diner on Berryessa Road in East [San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California).[{{cite news |last1=Tilley |first1=Aaron |date=November 30, 2016 |title=The New Intel: How Nvidia Went From Powering Video Games To Revolutionizing Artificial Intelligence |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/11/30/nvidia-deep-learning-ai-intel/?sh=6c0e3f037ff1 |access-date=March 14, 2023 |work=Forbes |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314141243/https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/11/30/nvidia-deep-learning-ai-intel/?sh=6c0e3f037ff1 |url-status=live}} This article was written by a ''Forbes'' staff member and was published in the December 19, 2016, issue of ''Forbes'' magazine.][{{cite magazine |last1=Witt |first1=Stephen |title=How Jensen Huang's Nvidia Is Powering the A.I. Revolution |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/04/how-jensen-huangs-nvidia-is-powering-the-ai-revolution |access-date=December 5, 2023 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=November 27, 2023 |archive-date=November 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231127154917/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/04/how-jensen-huangs-nvidia-is-powering-the-ai-revolution |url-status=live}}][{{cite news |last1=Whitaker |first1=Bill |authorlink1=Bill Whitaker (journalist) |title=Meet Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the man behind the $2 trillion company powering today's artificial intelligence |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-nvida-ceo-jensen-huang-company-powering-ai-today-60-minutes-transcript/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=60 Minutes |date=April 28, 2024 |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619090443/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-nvida-ceo-jensen-huang-company-powering-ai-today-60-minutes-transcript/ |url-status=live }}][{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Tae |title=The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant |date=2024 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=978-1324086710 |page=37}}]
At the time, Malachowsky and Priem were frustrated with Sun's management and were looking to leave, but Huang was on "firmer ground",[{{Cite web |last=Nusca |first=Andrew |date=November 16, 2017 |title=This Man Is Leading an AI Revolution in Silicon Valley—And He's Just Getting Started |url=https://fortune.com/2017/11/16/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116192021/http://fortune.com/2017/11/16/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang/ |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |access-date=November 28, 2017 |website=Fortune}}] in that he was already running his own division at LSI.[{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Tae |title=The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant |date=2024 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=978-1324086710 |page=38}}] Priem broke that deadlock by resigning first from Sun, effective December 31, 1992.[{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Tae |title=The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant |date=2024 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=978-1324086710 |page=39}}] Huang left LSI and "officially joined Priem on February 17", which was also Huang's 30th birthday, while Malachowsky left Sun in early March.[{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Tae |title=The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant |date=2024 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=978-1324086710 |page=41}}]
With $40,000 in the bank ({{Inflation|US|40000|1993|fmt=eq|cursign=$|r=-3}}), the company was born.[{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Elisa |date=April 15, 2002 |title=Crying wolf |url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2002/0415/032.html |access-date=February 11, 2017 |website=[Forbes](/source/Forbes) |quote=Huang, a chip designer at AMD and LSI Logic, co-founded the company in 1993 with $2 million from Sequoia Capital and others. |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129211130/https://www.forbes.com/global/2002/0415/032.html |url-status=live}}]
During the late 1990s, Nvidia was one of 70 startup companies pursuing the idea that graphics acceleration for video games was the path to the future.[{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Tae |title=The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant |date=2024 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=978-1324086710 |page=42}}] Priem's first idea was "Primal Graphics", a [syllabic abbreviation](/source/syllabic_abbreviation) of two of the founders' last names, but that left out Huang.[{{cite news |last1=Peddie |first1=Jon |date=September 23, 2019 |title=Nvidia's RIVA 128 |url=https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded/article/21131077/jon-peddie-research-nvidias-riva-128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119155034/https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded/article/21131077/jon-peddie-research-nvidias-riva-128 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2023 |work=Electronic Design}}] As a result, the NV1 failed to gain traction in the market.[{{Cite book |last=Kim |first=Tae |title=The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant |date=2024 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated |isbn=978-1-324-08672-7 |edition=1st |location=}}]
Nvidia had also entered into a partnership with [Sega](/source/Sega) to supply the graphics chip for the [Dreamcast](/source/Dreamcast) console and worked on the project for about a year. However, Nvidia's technology was already lagging behind competitors. This placed the company in a difficult position: continue working on a chip that was likely doomed to fail or abandon the project, risking financial collapse.[{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Ben |date=May 18, 2024 |title=The 84-Year-Old Man Who Saved Nvidia |url=https://www.wsj.com/business/nvidia-stock-jensen-huang-sega-irimajiri-chips-ai-906247db |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240518101129/https://www.wsj.com/business/nvidia-stock-jensen-huang-sega-irimajiri-chips-ai-906247db |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}]
In a pivotal moment, Sega's president, [Shoichiro Irimajiri](/source/Shoichiro_Irimajiri), visited Huang in person to inform him that Sega had decided to choose another vendor for the Dreamcast. However, Irimajiri believed in Nvidia's potential and persuaded Sega's management to invest $5 million into the company. Huang later reflected that this funding was all that kept Nvidia afloat, and that Irimajiri's "understanding and generosity gave us six months to live".[{{Cite web |last=Fulton |first=Kane |date=July 20, 2015 |title=19 graphics cards that shaped the future of gaming |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/19-graphics-cards-that-shaped-the-future-of-gaming-1289666 |access-date=September 3, 2024 |website=TechRadar |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823072012/https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/19-graphics-cards-that-shaped-the-future-of-gaming-1289666 |url-status=live }}]
=== Public company ===
Nvidia went public on January 22, 1999.[{{Cite web |last=Feinstein |first=Ken |date=January 22, 1999 |title=Nvidia Goes Public |url=http://gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2433,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012205847/http://gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2433,00.html |archive-date=October 12, 1999 |access-date=July 13, 2019 |website=gamecenter.co}}][{{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=January 25, 1999 |title=Shares of Nvidia Surge 64% After Initial Public Offering |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB917224371262043000 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 13, 2019 |newspaper=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405073139/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB917224371262043000 |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |date=January 22, 1999 |title=NVIDIA Corporation Announces Initial Public Offering of 3,500,000 Shares of Common Stock |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_20020108_6739.html |access-date=July 13, 2019 |website=nvidia.com |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713074208/https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_20020108_6739.html |url-status=live}}] Investing in Nvidia after it had already failed to deliver on its contract turned out to be Irimajiri's best decision as Sega's president. After Irimajiri left Sega in 2000, Sega sold its Nvidia stock for $15 million.[{{Cite press release |title=NVIDIA to Acquire 3dfx Core Graphics Assets |date=December 15, 2000 |location=Santa Clara, CA |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_20010612_6602.html |last1=Perez |first1=Derek |last2=Hara |first2=Michael |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330171444/https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_20010612_6602.html |url-status=live}}][{{Cite press release |title=3dfx Announces Three Major Initiatives To Protect Creditors and Maximize Shareholder Value |date=December 15, 2000 |location=San Jose, CA |url=http://3dfx.com/rel-15dec_2.htm |quote=Board of Directors Initiates Cost-Cutting Measures, Recommends to Shareholders Sale of Company Assets to NVIDIA Corporation for $112 million and Dissolution of Company |last1=Leupp |first1=Alex |last2=Sellers |first2=Scott |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010205193000/http://3dfx.com/rel-15dec_2.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2001 |url-status=dead}}] The acquisition process was finalized in April 2002.[{{Cite web |last=Kanellos |first=Michael |date=April 11, 2002 |title=Nvidia buys out 3dfx graphics chip business |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/nvidia-buys-out-3dfx-graphics-chip-business/ |access-date=January 23, 2017 |website=[CNET](/source/CNET) |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119063532/https://www.cnet.com/news/nvidia-buys-out-3dfx-graphics-chip-business/ |url-status=live}}]
In 2001, [Standard & Poor's](/source/S%26P_Global_Ratings) selected Nvidia to replace the departing [Enron](/source/Enron) in the S&P 500 stock index, meaning that index funds would need to hold Nvidia shares going forward.[{{cite news |last1=Popina |first1=Elena |last2=Menton |first2=Jess |title=Nvidia Is the Latest Shiny Object to Spur Stocks to New Heights |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/nvidia-ai-stocks-are-latest-trend-to-send-s-p-500-to-new-highs |access-date=March 6, 2024 |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=March 6, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=March 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306100548/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/nvidia-ai-stocks-are-latest-trend-to-send-s-p-500-to-new-highs |url-status=live}}]
In July 2002, Nvidia acquired [Exluna](/source/Exluna) for an undisclosed sum. Exluna made software-rendering tools and the personnel were merged into the Cg project.[{{Cite web |last=Becker |first=David |title=Nvidia buys out Exluna |url=http://news.cnet.com/Nvidia-buys-software-company/2100-1040_3-945553.html |access-date=November 9, 2010 |publisher=News.cnet.com |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017134328/http://news.cnet.com/Nvidia-buys-software-company/2100-1040_3-945553.html |url-status=live}}] In August 2003, Nvidia acquired MediaQ for approximately US$70 million.[{{Cite web |date=August 21, 2003 |title=NVIDIA Completes Purchase of MediaQ |url=http://www.mediaq.com/page/home.html |access-date=August 21, 2016 |website=Press Release |publisher=NVIDIA Corporation |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109223435/http://www.mediaq.com/page/home.html |url-status=dead}}] It launched [GoForce](/source/GoForce) the following year. On April 22, 2004, Nvidia acquired iReady, also a provider of high-performance [TCP offload engine](/source/TCP_offload_engine)s and [iSCSI](/source/iSCSI) controllers.[{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2004 |title=NVIDIA Announces Acquisition of iReady |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_12881.html |access-date=August 21, 2016 |website=Press Release |publisher=NVIDIA Corporation |archive-date=December 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231211950/https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_12881.html |url-status=live}}] In December 2004, it was announced that Nvidia would assist [Sony](/source/Sony) with the design of the graphics processor ([RSX](/source/RSX_'Reality_Synthesizer')) for the [PlayStation 3](/source/PlayStation_3) game console. On December 14, 2005, Nvidia acquired [ULI Electronics](/source/Acer_Laboratories_Incorporated), which at the time supplied third-party [southbridge](/source/Southbridge_(computing)) parts for [chipset](/source/chipset)s to [ATI](/source/ATI_Technologies), Nvidia's competitor.[{{Cite web |last= |date=December 14, 2005 |title=NVIDIA to Acquire ULi Electronics, a Leading Developer of Core Logic Technology |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_28250.html |access-date=March 6, 2026 |website=Press Release |publisher=NVIDIA Corporation |archive-date=June 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602092801/https://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_28250.html |url-status=dead }}] In March 2006, Nvidia acquired [Hybrid Graphics](/source/Hybrid_Graphics).[{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Tony |date=March 22, 2006 |title=Nvidia acquires Hybrid Graphics – Middleware purchase |url=http://www.reghardware.com/2006/03/22/nvidia_buys_hybrid/ |access-date=August 21, 2016 |website=Hardware |publisher=[The Register](/source/The_Register) |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116072844/http://www.reghardware.com/2006/03/22/nvidia_buys_hybrid/ |url-status=dead}}] In December 2006, Nvidia, along with its main rival in the graphics industry AMD (which had acquired ATI), received subpoenas from the [United States Department of Justice](/source/United_States_Department_of_Justice) regarding possible antitrust violations in the graphics card industry.[{{Cite web |last1=Krazit |first1=Tom |last2=McCarthy |first2=Caroline |date=December 1, 2006 |title=Justice Dept. subpoenas AMD, Nvidia |url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6140041.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208175421/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6140041.html |archive-date=December 8, 2006 |website=New York Times }}]
=== 2007–2014 ===
''[Forbes](/source/Forbes)'' named Nvidia its ''Company of the Year'' for 2007, citing the accomplishments it made during the said period as well as during the previous five years.[{{Cite news |last=Brian Caulfield |date=January 7, 2008 |title=Shoot to Kill |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0107/092.html |access-date=December 26, 2007 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231637/https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0107/092.html |url-status=live}}] On January 5, 2007, Nvidia announced that it had completed the acquisition of [PortalPlayer, Inc.](/source/PortalPlayer%2C_Inc.)[{{Cite web |last= |date=January 5, 2007 |title=Nvidia acquires PortalPlayer |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/portalplayer_acquisition.html |access-date=August 21, 2016 |website=Press Release |publisher=NVIDIA Corporation |archive-date=June 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630133005/http://www.nvidia.com/object/portalplayer_acquisition.html |url-status=live}}] In February 2008, Nvidia acquired [Ageia](/source/Ageia), developer of [PhysX](/source/PhysX), a [physics engine](/source/physics_engine) and [physics processing unit](/source/physics_processing_unit). Nvidia announced that it planned to integrate the PhysX technology into its future [GPU](/source/Graphics_processing_unit) products.[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia to acquire Ageia for the PhysX chip |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-ageia-for-the-physx-chip/ |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=CNET |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231037/https://www.cnet.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-ageia-for-the-physx-chip/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=Did NVIDIA cripple its CPU gaming physics library to spite Intel? |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2010/07/did-nvidia-cripple-its-cpu-gaming-physics-library-to-spite-intel/ |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=Ars Technica |date=July 9, 2010 |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112015332/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2010/07/did-nvidia-cripple-its-cpu-gaming-physics-library-to-spite-intel/ |url-status=live}}]
In July 2008, Nvidia took a write-down of approximately $200 million on its first-quarter revenue, after reporting that certain mobile chipsets and GPUs produced by the company had "abnormal failure rates" due to manufacturing defects. Nvidia, however, did not reveal the affected products. In September 2008, Nvidia became the subject of a [class action lawsuit](/source/class_action_lawsuit) over the defects, claiming that the faulty GPUs had been incorporated into certain laptop models manufactured by [Apple Inc.](/source/Apple_Inc.), [Dell](/source/Dell), and [HP](/source/Hewlett-Packard). In September 2010, Nvidia reached a settlement, in which it would reimburse owners of the affected laptops for repairs or, in some cases, replacement.[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia GPU Class-Action Settlement Offers Repairs, New Laptops |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370032,00.asp |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=PC Magazine |archive-date=January 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110081429/https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370032,00.asp |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=Update: Nvidia Says Older Mobile GPUs, Chipsets Failing |url=https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/82266-update-nvidia-says-older-mobile-gpus-chipsets-failing |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=ExtremeTech |date=July 3, 2008 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030143138/https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/82266-update-nvidia-says-older-mobile-gpus-chipsets-failing |url-status=live}}] On January 10, 2011, Nvidia signed a six-year, $1.5 billion cross-licensing agreement with Intel, ending all litigation between the two companies.[{{Cite web |title=Intel agrees to pay NVIDIA $1.5b in patent license fees, signs cross-license |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/01/10/intel-agrees-to-pay-nvidia-1-5b-in-patent-license-fees-signs-c/ |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=Engadget |date=January 10, 2011 |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217220145/https://www.engadget.com/2011/01/10/intel-agrees-to-pay-nvidia-1-5b-in-patent-license-fees-signs-c/ |url-status=live}}]
In November 2011, after initially unveiling it at [Mobile World Congress](/source/Mobile_World_Congress), Nvidia released its [ARM](/source/ARM_architecture_family)-based [system on a chip](/source/system-on-chip) for mobile devices, [Tegra 3](/source/Tegra_3). Nvidia claimed that the chip featured the first-ever quad-core mobile CPU.[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia Tegra 3: what you need to know |url=http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/nvidia-tegra-3-what-you-need-to-know-1039584 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=Techradar |date=November 9, 2011 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204225157/https://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/nvidia-tegra-3-what-you-need-to-know-1039584 |url-status=live}}][{{Cite magazine |title=Nvidia Quad Core Mobile Processors Coming in August |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/219768/nvidia_quad_core_mobile_processors_coming_in_august.html |magazine=PC World |access-date=February 15, 2011 |archive-date=July 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729190458/http://www.pcworld.com/article/219768/nvidia_quad_Core_mobile_processors_coming_in_august.html |url-status=live}}] In May 2011, it was announced that Nvidia had agreed to acquire [Icera](/source/Icera), a baseband chip making company in the UK, for $367 million.[{{Cite news |date=May 9, 2011 |title=Cambridge coup as Icera goes to Nvidia for £225m |publisher=Business Weekly |url=http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/hi-tech/11782-cambridge-coup-as-icera-goes-to-nvidia-for-p225m |access-date=May 10, 2011 |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112153522/http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/hi-tech/11782-cambridge-coup-as-icera-goes-to-nvidia-for-p225m |url-status=dead}}] In January 2013, Nvidia unveiled the [Tegra 4](/source/Tegra_4), as well as the [Nvidia Shield](/source/Shield_Portable), an [Android](/source/Android_(operating_system))-based [handheld game console](/source/handheld_game_console) powered by the new system on a chip.[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia announces Project Shield handheld gaming system with 5-inch multitouch display, available in Q2 of this year |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3845282/nvidia-announces-project-shield-handheld-gaming-system |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=The Verge |date=January 7, 2013 |archive-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219055620/https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3845282/nvidia-announces-project-shield-handheld-gaming-system |url-status=live}}] On July 29, 2013, Nvidia announced that it acquired [PGI](/source/The_Portland_Group) from STMicroelectronics.[{{Cite news |date=July 29, 2013 |title=NVIDIA Pushes Further into HPC With Portland Group Acquisition |work=insideHPC |url=https://insidehpc.com/2013/07/nvidia-acquires-the-portland-group-to-double-down-on-hpc/ |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022151805/https://insidehpc.com/2013/07/nvidia-acquires-the-portland-group-to-double-down-on-hpc/ |url-status=live}}]
In February 2013, Nvidia announced its plans to build a new headquarters in the form of two giant triangle-shaped buildings on the other side of San Tomas Expressway (to the west of its existing headquarters complex). The company selected triangles as its design theme. As Huang explained in a blog post, the triangle is "the fundamental building block of computer graphics".[{{cite magazine |last1=McMillan |first1=Robert |title=Nvidia Answers Apple Spaceship With Triangle Temple |url=https://www.wired.com/2013/02/nvidia-hq/ |access-date=February 24, 2024 |magazine=Wired |date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223182712/https://www.wired.com/2013/02/nvidia-hq/ |url-status=live}}]
In 2014, Nvidia [ported](/source/Video_game_port) the [Valve](/source/Valve_Corporation) games ''[Portal](/source/Portal_(video_game))'' and ''[Half Life 2](/source/Half-Life_2)'' to its [Nvidia Shield Tablet](/source/Nvidia_Shield_Tablet) as Lightspeed Studio.[{{Cite web |last=Machkovech |first=Sam |date=May 12, 2014 |title=Half-Life 2, Portal see first-ever Android ports on Nvidia Shield |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/05/half-life-2-portal-see-first-ever-android-ports-on-nvidia-shield/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=Ars Technica |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708142058/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/05/half-life-2-portal-see-first-ever-android-ports-on-nvidia-shield/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |date=June 12, 2021 |title=Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang weighs in on the metaverse, blockchain, and chip shortage |url=https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/12/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-weighs-in-on-the-metaverse-blockchain-chip-shortage-arm-deal-and-competition/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=VentureBeat |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708142058/https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/12/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-weighs-in-on-the-metaverse-blockchain-chip-shortage-arm-deal-and-competition/ |url-status=live}}] Since 2014, Nvidia has diversified its business focusing on three markets: gaming, automotive electronics, and mobile devices.[{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Trefis |date=December 31, 2014 |title=Nvidia's Performance In 2014: Factors That Are Driving Growth |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/12/31/nvidias-performance-in-2014-factors-that-are-driving-growth/ |access-date=October 7, 2020 |website=Forbes |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920182711/http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2014/12/31/nvidias-performance-in-2014-factors-that-are-driving-growth/ |url-status=live}}]
That same year, Nvidia also prevailed in litigation brought by the trustee of 3dfx's bankruptcy estate to challenge its 2000 acquisition of 3dfx's intellectual assets. On November 6, 2014, in an unpublished memorandum order, the [United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit](/source/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit) affirmed the "district court's judgment affirming the bankruptcy court's determination that [Nvidia] did not pay less than fair market value for assets purchased from 3dfx shortly before 3dfx filed for bankruptcy".[[https://web.archive.org/web/20240602163908/https://casetext.com/case/brandt-v-nvidia-corp-in-re-3dfx-interactive ''In re 3dfx Interactive, Inc.''], 585 F. App'x 626 (9th Cir. 2014).]
=== 2016–2018 ===
On May 6, 2016, Nvidia unveiled the first GPUs of the [GeForce 10 series](/source/GeForce_10_series), the GTX 1080 and 1070, based on the company's new [Pascal](/source/Pascal_microarchitecture) microarchitecture. Nvidia claimed that both models outperformed its [Maxwell](/source/Maxwell_(microarchitecture))-based Titan X model; the models incorporate GDDR5X and [GDDR5](/source/GDDR5) memory respectively, and use a 16 nm manufacturing process. The architecture also supports a new hardware feature known as simultaneous multi-projection (SMP), which is designed to improve the quality of multi-monitor and [virtual reality](/source/virtual_reality) (VR) rendering.[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia's new graphics cards are a big deal |url=https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/5/7/11615806/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-price-release-date |access-date=May 26, 2017 |website=The Verge |date=May 7, 2016 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108111404/http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/5/7/11615806/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-price-release-date |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Mark Walton |date=May 7, 2016 |title=Nvidia's GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 revealed: Faster than Titan X at half the price |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-pricing-revealed/ |website=Ars Technica |access-date=June 14, 2017 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123122332/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-pricing-revealed/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Joel Hruska |date=May 10, 2016 |title=Nvidia's Ansel, VR Funhouse apps will enhance screenshots, showcase company's VR technology |url=http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/228100-nvidias-ansel-vr-funhouse-apps-will-enhance-screenshots-showcase-companys-vr-technology |website=ExtremeTech |access-date=May 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128225929/https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/228100-nvidias-ansel-vr-funhouse-apps-will-enhance-screenshots-showcase-companys-vr-technology |url-status=live}}] Laptops that include these GPUs and are sufficiently thin – as of late 2017, under {{convert|0.8|inch}} – have been designated as meeting Nvidia's "Max-Q" design standard.[{{Cite web |last=Crider |first=Michael |date=October 5, 2017 |title=What Are NVIDIA MAX-Q Laptops? |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/327019/what-is-nvidia-max-q/ |access-date=December 18, 2017 |publisher=How-To Geek |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128030447/https://www.howtogeek.com/327019/what-is-nvidia-max-q/ |url-status=live}}]
In July 2016, Nvidia agreed to a settlement for a false advertising lawsuit regarding its [GTX 970](/source/GTX_970) model, as the models were unable to use all of their advertised 4 GB of VRAM due to limitations brought by the design of its hardware.[{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ryan |title=Update: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Settlement Claims Website Now Open |work=Anandtech |publisher=Purch, Inc. |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/10532/nvidia-gtx-970-settlement-claims |access-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112002256/https://www.anandtech.com/show/10532/nvidia-gtx-970-settlement-claims |url-status=dead}}] In May 2017, Nvidia announced a partnership with [Toyota](/source/Toyota) which would use Nvidia's [Drive PX-series](/source/Drive_PX-series) artificial intelligence platform for its autonomous vehicles.[{{Cite news |last=Alexandria Sage |date=May 10, 2017 |title=Nvidia says Toyota will use its AI technology for self-driving cars |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nvidia-toyota-self-driving-idUSKBN1862M5 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031928/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nvidia-toyota-self-driving-idUSKBN1862M5 |url-status=live}}] In July 2017, Nvidia and Chinese search giant [Baidu](/source/Baidu) announced a far-reaching AI partnership that includes cloud computing, autonomous driving, consumer devices, and Baidu's open-source AI framework PaddlePaddle. Baidu unveiled that Nvidia's Drive PX 2 AI will be the foundation of its autonomous-vehicle platform.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/07/nvidia-and-baidu-join-forces-in-far-reaching-ai-pa.aspx |title=NVIDIA and Baidu Join Forces in Far-Reaching AI Partnership |first=Danny |last=Vena |date=July 7, 2017 |website=The Motley Fool|access-date=July 9, 2017|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127002134/https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/07/nvidia-and-baidu-join-forces-in-far-reaching-ai-pa.aspx|url-status=live}}]
Nvidia released the Titan V on December 7, 2017.[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA TITAN V Transforms the PC into AI Supercomputer |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-titan-v-transforms-the-pc-into-ai-supercomputer |date=December 7, 2017 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom |access-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109014017/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-titan-v-transforms-the-pc-into-ai-supercomputer |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=The World's Most Powerful Graphics Card {{!}} NVIDIA TITAN V |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/titan/titan-v/ |website=NVIDIA |access-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112220854/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/titan/titan-v/ |url-status=dead }}]
Nvidia released the Nvidia Quadro GV100 on March 27, 2018.[{{Cite web |url=http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news |title=News Archive |website=NVIDIA Newsroom|access-date=April 26, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421043716/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news|url-status=live}}] Nvidia released the RTX 2080 GPUs on September 27, 2018. In 2018, [Google](/source/Google) announced that Nvidia's Tesla P4 graphic cards would be integrated into Google Cloud service's artificial intelligence.[{{Cite web |title=Google Cloud gets support for Nvidia's Tesla P4 inferencing accelerators |date=August 6, 2018 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/06/google-cloud-gets-support-for-nvidias-tesla-p4-inferencing-accelerators/ |access-date=August 30, 2018 |publisher=Tech Crunch |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128231831/https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/06/google-cloud-gets-support-for-nvidias-tesla-p4-inferencing-accelerators/ |url-status=live}}]
In May 2018, on the Nvidia user forum, a thread was started[May 10, 2018. [https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1042520/drivers/-when-will-the-nvidia-web-drivers-be-released-for-macos-mojave-10-14-/ 'When will the Nvidia Web Drivers be released for macOS Mojave 10.14'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403000809/https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/when-will-the-nvidia-web-drivers-be-released-for-macos-mojave-10-14/65895 |date=April 3, 2021 }}. Nvidia] asking the company to update users when it would release web drivers for its cards installed on legacy [Mac Pro](/source/Mac_Pro) machines up to [mid-2012 5,1](/source/Mac_Pro) running the [macOS Mojave](/source/macOS_Mojave) operating system 10.14. [Web drivers](/source/Device_driver) are required to enable graphics acceleration and multiple [display monitor](/source/Computer_monitor) capabilities of the GPU. On its Mojave update info website, Apple stated that macOS Mojave would run on legacy machines with '[Metal compatible](/source/Metal_(API))' graphics cards[[https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/#hardware-requirements Upgrade to macOS Mojave.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927013442/https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/#hardware-requirements |date=September 27, 2016 }} [Apple Computer](/source/Apple_Computer)] and listed Metal compatible GPUs, including some manufactured by Nvidia.[[https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208898#cards Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (mid 2010) and Mac Pro (mid 2012)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130124240/https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208898#cards |date=November 30, 2020 }}. [Apple Computer](/source/Apple_Computer)] However, this list did not include Metal compatible cards that currently work in [macOS High Sierra](/source/macOS_High_Sierra) using Nvidia-developed web drivers. In September, Nvidia responded, "Apple fully controls drivers for macOS. But if Apple allows, our engineers are ready and eager to help Apple deliver great drivers for macOS 10.14 (Mojave)."[September 28, 2018. [https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1042279/cuda-setup-and-installation/cuda-10-and-macos-10-14/post/5286813/#5286813 CUDA 10 and macOS 10.14] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123121922/https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/cuda-10-and-macos-10-14/65672#5286813 |date=January 23, 2021 }}. Nvidia] In October, Nvidia followed this up with another public announcement, "Apple fully controls drivers for macOS. Unfortunately, Nvidia currently cannot release a driver unless it is approved by Apple,"[October 18, 2018. [https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1043070/announcements/faq-about-macos-10-14-mojave-nvidia-drivers/ FAQ about MacOS 10.14 (Mojave) NVIDIA drivers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304172221/https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1043070/announcements/faq-about-macos-10-14-mojave-nvidia-drivers/ |date=March 4, 2020 }}] suggesting a possible rift between the two companies.[Florian Maislinger. January 22, 2019. [https://www.pcbuildersclub.com/en/2019/01/apple-and-nvidia-are-said-to-have-a-silent-hostility/ 'Apple and Nvidia are said to have a silent hostility'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929141524/https://www.pcbuildersclub.com/en/2019/01/apple-and-nvidia-are-said-to-have-a-silent-hostility/ |date=September 29, 2020 }}. PC Builders Club.] By January 2019, with still no sign of the enabling web drivers, [Apple Insider](/source/Apple_community) weighed into the controversy with a claim that Apple management "doesn't want Nvidia support in macOS".[William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele. January 18, 2019. [https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/18/apples-management-doesnt-want-nvidia-support-in-macos-and-thats-a-bad-sign-for-the-mac-pro 'Apple's management doesn't want Nvidia support in macOS, and that's a bad sign for the Mac Pro'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112042648/https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/18/apples-management-doesnt-want-nvidia-support-in-macos-and-thats-a-bad-sign-for-the-mac-pro/ |date=November 12, 2020 }}] The following month, Apple Insider followed this up with another claim that Nvidia support was abandoned because of "relational issues in the past",[Vadim Yuryev. February 14, 2019. [https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/14/video-nvidia-support-was-abandoned-in-macos-mojave-and-heres-why Video: Nvidia support was abandoned in macOS Mojave, and here's why] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114154649/https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/14/video-nvidia-support-was-abandoned-in-macos-mojave-and-heres-why |date=January 14, 2021 }}. [Apple Insider](/source/Apple_community)] and that Apple was developing its own GPU technology.[Daniel Eran Dilger. April 4, 2017. [https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/04/04/why-apples-new-gpu-efforts-are-a-major-disruptive-threat-to-nvidia 'Why Apple's new GPU efforts are a major disruptive threat to Nvidia'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127092202/https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/04/04/why-apples-new-gpu-efforts-are-a-major-disruptive-threat-to-nvidia |date=November 27, 2020 }}. [Apple Insider](/source/Apple_community)] Without Apple-approved Nvidia web drivers, Apple users are faced with replacing their Nvidia cards with a competing supported brand, such as [AMD Radeon](/source/AMD_Radeon) from the list recommended by Apple.[[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898 'Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (mid 2010) and Mac Pro (mid 2012)'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022658/https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898 |date=November 12, 2020 }} [Apple Inc.](/source/Apple_Inc.)]
=== 2019 acquisition of Mellanox Technologies ===
[[File:Nvidia Yokneam Office.jpg|thumb|Nvidia Yokneam office (former [Mellanox Technologies](/source/Mellanox_Technologies)) in [Yokneam Illit](/source/Yokneam_Illit), [Israel](/source/Israel), in March 2023]]
On March 11, 2019, Nvidia announced a deal to buy [Mellanox Technologies](/source/Mellanox_Technologies) for $6.9 billion[{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Nvidia to acquire Mellanox Technologies for about $7 billion in cash |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/11/nvidia-to-acquire-mellanox-technologies-for-about-7-billion-in-cash.html |access-date=March 11, 2019 |website=www.cnbc.com |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108031917/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/11/nvidia-to-acquire-mellanox-technologies-for-about-7-billion-in-cash.html |url-status=live}}] to substantially expand its footprint in the high-performance computing market. The acquisition of the Israeli firm, a longtime supplier to the Israeli military, led to the 2023 launch of "Israel-1," described as the country's most powerful AI supercomputer.[{{Cite news |last=Wrobel |first=Sharon |date=2023-05-29 |title=Nvidia taps into Israeli innovation to build generative AI cloud supercomputer |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/nvidia-taps-into-israeli-innovation-to-build-generative-ai-cloud-supercomputer/ |access-date=2026-03-18 |work=The Times of Israel |language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}] In May 2019, Nvidia announced new RTX Studio laptops. The creators said that the new laptop was going to be seven times faster than a top-end MacBook Pro with a [Core i9](/source/Core_i9) and AMD's [Radeon Pro Vega](/source/Radeon_Pro_Vega) 20 graphics in apps like [Maya](/source/Autodesk_Maya) and RedCine-X Pro.[{{Cite web |last=Byford |first=Sam |date=May 27, 2019 |title=Nvidia announces RTX Studio laptops aimed at creators |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/27/18641152/nvidia-rtx-studio-laptops-creators-software-computex-2019 |access-date=May 27, 2019 |website=The Verge |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116225311/https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/27/18641152/nvidia-rtx-studio-laptops-creators-software-computex-2019/ |url-status=live}}] In August 2019, Nvidia announced ''[Minecraft RTX](/source/Minecraft_RTX)'', an official Nvidia-developed patch for the game ''[Minecraft](/source/Minecraft)'' adding real-time DXR ray tracing exclusively to the Windows 10 version of the game. The whole game was, in Nvidia's words, "refit" with [path tracing](/source/path_tracing), which dramatically affects the way light, reflections, and shadows work inside the engine.[{{Cite web |title=Minecraft with RTX: The World's Best Selling Videogame Is Adding Ray Tracing |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/minecraft-rtx-trailer-screenshots-partnership/ |access-date=April 25, 2020 |website=www.nvidia.com |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213140636/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/minecraft-rtx-trailer-screenshots-partnership/ |url-status=live}}]
=== 2020–2023 ===
In May 2020, Nvidia announced it was acquiring [Cumulus Networks](/source/Cumulus_Networks).[{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/nvidia-acquires-cumulus-networks/ |title=Nvidia acquires Cumulus Networks |website=Techcrunch |date=May 4, 2020 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202232648/https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/nvidia-acquires-cumulus-networks/|url-status=live}}] Post acquisition the company was absorbed into Nvidia's networking business unit, along with [Mellanox](/source/Mellanox_Technologies).
In May 2020, Nvidia developed an [open-source](/source/Open_source) [ventilator](/source/ventilator) to address the shortage resulting from the global [coronavirus pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic).[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA's top scientist develops open-source ventilator that can be built with $400 in readily-available parts |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/01/nvidias-top-scientist-develops-open-source-ventilator-that-can-be-built-with-400-in-readily-available-parts/ |access-date=May 1, 2020 |website=TechCrunch |date=May 2020 |archive-date=April 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403000745/https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/01/nvidias-top-scientist-develops-open-source-ventilator-that-can-be-built-with-400-in-readily-available-parts/ |url-status=live}}] On May 14, 2020, Nvidia officially announced its [Ampere](/source/Ampere_(microarchitecture)) GPU microarchitecture and the Nvidia A100 GPU accelerator.[{{Cite web |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidias-new-ampere-data-center-gpu-in-full-production |title=NVIDIA's New Ampere Data Center GPU in Full Production |website=NVIDIA Newsroom|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317085025/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidias-new-ampere-data-center-gpu-in-full-production|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/a100/ |title=NVIDIA A100 GPUs Power the Modern Data Center |website=NVIDIA|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116101004/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/a100/ |url-status=live }}] In July 2020, it was reported that Nvidia was in talks with [SoftBank](/source/SoftBank_Group) to buy [Arm](/source/Arm_(company)), a UK-based chip designer, for $32 billion.[{{Cite news |last1=Massoudi |first1=Arash |last2=Bradshaw |first2=Tim |last3=Fontanella-Khan |first3=James |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Nvidia in talks to buy Arm from SoftBank for more than $32bn |work=[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times) |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4ed67726-1a56-4ce2-9d62-a5ec2a8f35b5 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/4ed67726-1a56-4ce2-9d62-a5ec2a8f35b5 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 3, 2020}}]
On September 1, 2020, Nvidia officially announced the [GeForce 30 series](/source/GeForce_30_series) based on the company's new Ampere microarchitecture.[{{cite press release |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-delivers-greatest-ever-generational-leap-in-performance-with-geforce-rtx-30-series-gpus |title=NVIDIA Delivers Greatest-Ever Generational Leap with GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs |publisher=NVIDIA |date=September 1, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307043052/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-delivers-greatest-ever-generational-leap-in-performance-with-geforce-rtx-30-series-gpus |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/introducing-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards/ |title=GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards: The Ultimate Play |publisher=NVIDIA |date=September 1, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119111623/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/introducing-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards/ |url-status=live}}]
On September 13, 2020, Nvidia announced that it would buy Arm from SoftBank Group for $40 billion, subject to the usual scrutiny, with the latter retaining a 10% share of Nvidia.[{{Cite web |last=Moorhead |first=Patrick |title=It's Official- NVIDIA Acquires Arm For $40B To Create What Could Be A Computing Juggernaut |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2020/09/13/its-officialnvidia-acquires-arm-for-40b-to-create-what-could-be-a-computing-juggernaut/ |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=Forbes |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203191926/https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2020/09/13/its-officialnvidia-acquires-arm-for-40b-to-create-what-could-be-a-computing-juggernaut/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite news |last=Rosoff |first=Matt |date=September 13, 2020 |title=Nvidia to buy Arm Holdings from SoftBank for $40 billion |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/nvidia-to-buy-arm-holdings-from-softbank-for-40-billion.html |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116110046/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/nvidia-to-buy-arm-holdings-from-softbank-for-40-billion.html |url-status=live}}][{{Cite news |last1=Arash Massoudi |last2=Robert Smith |last3=James Fontanella-Khan |date=September 12, 2020 |title=SoftBank set to sell UK's Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40bn |work=[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times) |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6bfe40a5-2426-4743-98cd-6fed9dd01b98 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/6bfe40a5-2426-4743-98cd-6fed9dd01b98 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 12, 2020}}][{{cite press release |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai |title=NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion, Creating World's Premier Computing Company for the Age of AI |date=September 13, 2020 |access-date=November 21, 2020 |website=NVIDIA |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914001340/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai |url-status=live}}]
[[File:Neuer Testbericht der RTX 2080 (Ti) (极客湾Geekerwan) 15.png|thumb|Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, part of the [RTX 20 series](/source/RTX_20_series), which is the first generation of [Nvidia RTX](/source/Nvidia_RTX)]]
In October 2020, Nvidia announced its plan to build the most powerful computer in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), England. The computer, called Cambridge-1, launched in July 2021 with a $100 million investment and will employ AI to support [healthcare research](/source/Medical_open_network_for_AI).[{{cite web |title=NVIDIA Launches UK's Most Powerful Supercomputer, for Research in AI and Healthcare |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-launches-uks-most-powerful-supercomputer-for-research-in-ai-and-healthcare |website=nvidia.com |access-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220145313/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-launches-uks-most-powerful-supercomputer-for-research-in-ai-and-healthcare |url-status=live}}][{{cite news |last1=Grover |first1=Natalie |title=UK supercomputer Cambridge-1 to hunt for medical breakthroughs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/07/uk-supercomputer-cambridge-1-to-hunt-for-medical-breakthroughs |website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220145311/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/07/uk-supercomputer-cambridge-1-to-hunt-for-medical-breakthroughs |url-status=live}}] According to Jensen Huang, "The Cambridge-1 supercomputer will serve as a hub of innovation for the UK, and further the groundbreaking work being done by the nation's researchers in critical healthcare and drug discovery."[{{Cite news |last=Sam Shead |date=October 5, 2020 |title=Nvidia pledges to build Britain's largest supercomputer following $40 billion bid for Arm |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/05/nvidia-pledges-to-build-britains-largest-supercomputer.html |access-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117113400/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/05/nvidia-pledges-to-build-britains-largest-supercomputer.html |url-status=live}}]
Also in October 2020, along with the release of the [Nvidia RTX](/source/Nvidia_RTX) A6000, Nvidia announced it was retiring its workstation GPU brand Quadro, shifting its product name to Nvidia RTX for future products and the manufacturing to be [Ampere](/source/Ampere_(microarchitecture)) architecture-based.[{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |title=Quadro No More? NVIDIA Announces Ampere-based RTX A6000 & A40 Video Cards For Pro Visualization |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/16137/nvidia-announces-ampere-rtx-a6000-a40-cards-for-pro-viz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005134015/https://www.anandtech.com/show/16137/nvidia-announces-ampere-rtx-a6000-a40-cards-for-pro-viz |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |access-date=March 10, 2021 |website=www.anandtech.com}}]
In August 2021, the proposed takeover of Arm was stalled after the UK's [Competition and Markets Authority](/source/Competition_and_Markets_Authority) raised "significant competition concerns".[{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Ryan |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Nvidia's $40 billion Arm takeover warrants an in-depth competition probe, UK regulator says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/20/nvidia-arm-deal-warrants-in-depth-competition-probe-uk-regulator-says.html |access-date=August 20, 2021 |website=CNBC |archive-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820152448/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/20/nvidia-arm-deal-warrants-in-depth-competition-probe-uk-regulator-says.html |url-status=live }}] In October 2021, the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission) opened a competition investigation into the takeover. The Commission stated that Nvidia's acquisition could restrict competitors' access to Arm's products and provide Nvidia with too much internal information on its competitors due to their deals with Arm. SoftBank (the parent company of Arm) and Nvidia announced in early February 2022 that they "had agreed not to move forward with the transaction 'because of significant regulatory challenges{{'"}}.[{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-softbank-call-off-blockbuster-arm-deal-11644297283 |title=Nvidia, SoftBank Call Off Blockbuster Arm Deal |date=February 8, 2022 |first=Robert |last=Wall |publisher=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212810/https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-softbank-call-off-blockbuster-arm-deal-11644297283 |url-status=live}}] The investigation was set to end on March 15, 2022.[{{Cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Jon |last2=Clark |first2=Mitchell |date=October 27, 2021 |title=EU opens formal investigation into Nvidia's Arm acquisition |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/27/22266504/nvidia-arm-deal-eu-formal-investigation-merger |access-date=October 28, 2021 |website=The Verge |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028130151/https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/27/22266504/nvidia-arm-deal-eu-formal-investigation-merger |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |last=Chee |first=Foo Yun |date=October 27, 2021 |title=Setback for Nvidia's $54 bln ARM bid as EU regulators open probe |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/setback-nvidias-54-bln-arm-bid-eu-regulators-open-probe-2021-10-27/ |access-date=October 28, 2021 |website=Reuters |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028130151/https://www.reuters.com/technology/setback-nvidias-54-bln-arm-bid-eu-regulators-open-probe-2021-10-27/ |url-status=live}}] That same month, Nvidia was reportedly compromised by a cyberattack.[{{Cite news |last=Titcomb |first=James |date=February 25, 2022 |title=US microchip powerhouse Nvidia hit by cyber attack |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/25/us-microchip-powerhouse-nvidia-hit-cyber-attack/ |access-date=February 25, 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225191134/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/25/us-microchip-powerhouse-nvidia-hit-cyber-attack/ |url-status=live}}] This would have been the largest semiconductor acquisition in history.[{{Cite news |date=February 24, 2022 |title=Nvidia Considering Intel as a Foundry to Manufacture its GPUs |url=https://gamingindustry247.com/nvidia-considering-intel-as-a-foundry-to-manufacture-its-gpus/ |access-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809132902/https://gamingindustry247.com/nvidia-considering-intel-as-a-foundry-to-manufacture-its-gpus/ |url-status=live}}] This was the first time the company mentioned that it would work together with Intel's upcoming foundry services.
In April 2022, it was reported that Nvidia planned to open a new research center in [Yerevan, Armenia](/source/Yerevan%2C_Armenia).[{{cite news |title=Tech Giant NVIDIA to Open Research Center in Armenia |url=https://asbarez.com/tech-giant-nvidia-to-open-research-center-in-armenia/ |work=[Asbarez](/source/Asbarez) |date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407233902/https://asbarez.com/tech-giant-nvidia-to-open-research-center-in-armenia/ |url-status=live}}]
In May 2022, Nvidia opened Voyager, the second of the two giant buildings at its new headquarters complex to the west of the old one. Unlike its smaller and older sibling Endeavor, the triangle theming is used more "sparingly" in Voyager.[{{cite news |last1=Shankland |first1=Stephen |title=Behold Nvidia's Giant New Voyager Building |url=https://www.cnet.com/pictures/behold-nvidias-giant-new-voyager-building/ |access-date=February 24, 2024 |work=CNET |date=May 5, 2022 |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224162056/https://www.cnet.com/pictures/behold-nvidias-giant-new-voyager-building/ |url-status=live}}][{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Polly |title=See inside Nvidia's giant 'Voyager' HQ — a futuristic office where work meets nature |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-chipmaker-ai-boom-tech-office-california-2023-11 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |work=Business Insider |date=November 19, 2023 |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303033422/https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-chipmaker-ai-boom-tech-office-california-2023-11 |url-status=live}}]
In September 2022, Nvidia announced its next-generation automotive-grade chip, [Drive Thor](/source/Nvidia_Drive).[{{cite web |last=Holt |first=Kris |date=September 20, 2022 |title=NVIDIA reveals its next-gen chipset for autonomous vehicles |url=https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-autonomous-vehicle-chipset-drive-thor-164538911.html |website=[Engadget](/source/Engadget) |access-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108035725/https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-autonomous-vehicle-chipset-drive-thor-164538911.html |url-status=live}}][{{Cite press release |last=CORPORATION |first=NVIDIA |date=September 20, 2022 |title=NVIDIA Unveils DRIVE Thor — Centralized Car Computer Unifying Cluster, Infotainment, Automated Driving, and Parking in a Single, Cost-Saving System |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519504/0/en/NVIDIA-Unveils-DRIVE-Thor-Centralized-Car-Computer-Unifying-Cluster-Infotainment-Automated-Driving-and-Parking-in-a-Single-Cost-Saving-System.html |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174224/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519504/0/en/NVIDIA-Unveils-DRIVE-Thor-Centralized-Car-Computer-Unifying-Cluster-Infotainment-Automated-Driving-and-Parking-in-a-Single-Cost-Saving-System.html |url-status=live }}]
In September 2022, Nvidia announced a collaboration with the [Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard](/source/Broad_Institute_of_MIT_and_Harvard_University) related to the entire suite of Nvidia's [AI](/source/Artificial_intelligence)-powered healthcare software suite called Clara, that includes [Parabricks](/source/NVIDIA_Parabricks) and [MONAI](/source/Medical_open_network_for_AI).[{{Cite web |title=The Broad Institute and NVIDIA Bring NVIDIA Clara to Terra Cloud Platform Serving 25,000 Researchers Advancing Biomedical Discovery |url=http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/the-broad-institute-and-nvidia-bring-nvidia-clara-to-terra-cloud-platform-serving-25-000-researchers-advancing-biomedical-discovery |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523184246/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/the-broad-institute-and-nvidia-bring-nvidia-clara-to-terra-cloud-platform-serving-25-000-researchers-advancing-biomedical-discovery |url-status=live }}]
Following [United States Department of Commerce](/source/United_States_Department_of_Commerce) regulations which placed an [embargo on exports to China](/source/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war) of advanced microchips, which went into effect in October 2022, Nvidia saw its data center chip added to the export control list. The next month, the company unveiled a new advanced chip in China, called the A800 GPU, that met the export control rules.[{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Jane Lanhee |date=November 7, 2022 |title=Exclusive: Nvidia offers new advanced chip for China that meets U.S. export controls |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-nvidia-offers-new-advanced-chip-china-that-meets-us-export-controls-2022-11-08/ |work=[Reuters](/source/Reuters) |access-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108035434/https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-nvidia-offers-new-advanced-chip-china-that-meets-us-export-controls-2022-11-08/ |url-status=live}}]
In September 2023, [Getty Images](/source/Getty_Images) announced that it was partnering with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a new tool that let people create images using Getty's library of licensed photos. Getty said they would use Nvidia's Edify model, which was available on Nvidia's [generative AI](/source/generative_AI) model library Picasso.[{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23884679/getty-ai-generative-image-platform-launch |author=Emilia David |date=September 25, 2023 |title=Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images |work=Verge |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926213950/https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23884679/getty-ai-generative-image-platform-launch |url-status=live }}]
On September 26, 2023, Denny's CEO [Kelli Valade](/source/Kelli_Valade) joined Huang in East San Jose to celebrate the founding of Nvidia at Denny's on Berryessa Road, where a plaque was installed to mark the relevant corner booth as the birthplace of a $1 trillion company.[{{cite news |last1=Takahashi |first1=Dean |title=Jensen Huang returns to Denny's where trillion-dollar company began |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/jensen-huang-returns-to-dennys-where-trillion-dollar-company-began/ |access-date=September 28, 2023 |work=VentureBeat |date=September 26, 2023 |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928033322/https://venturebeat.com/games/jensen-huang-returns-to-dennys-where-trillion-dollar-company-began/ |url-status=live}}] By then, Nvidia's [H100](/source/Hopper_(microarchitecture)) GPUs were in such demand that even other [tech giant](/source/tech_giant)s were beholden to how Nvidia allocated supply. [Larry Ellison](/source/Larry_Ellison) of [Oracle Corporation](/source/Oracle_Corporation) said that month that during a dinner with Huang at [Nobu](/source/Nobu) in [Palo Alto](/source/Palo_Alto%2C_California), he and [Elon Musk](/source/Elon_Musk) of [Tesla, Inc.](/source/Tesla%2C_Inc.) and [xAI](/source/xAI_(company)) "were begging" for H100s, "I guess is the best way to describe it. An hour of sushi and begging".[{{Cite news |last=Fitch |first=Asa |date=February 26, 2024 |title=Nvidia's Stunning Ascent Has Also Made It a Giant Target |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-vision-company-f05db212 |access-date=February 27, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |url-access=subscription |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227063751/https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-vision-company-f05db212 |url-status=live}}]
In October 2023, it was reported that Nvidia had quietly begun designing [ARM-based](/source/ARM_architecture_family) central processing units (CPUs) for Microsoft's [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) operating system with a target to start selling them in 2025.[{{Cite news |last1=Nellis |first1=Stephen |last2=Cherney |first2=Max A. |date=October 24, 2023 |title=Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-make-arm-based-pc-chips-major-new-challenge-intel-2023-10-23/ |access-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024130802/https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-make-arm-based-PC-chips-major-new-challenge-intel-2023-10-23/ |url-status=live }}]
=== 2024–2026 ===
In January 2024, ''[Forbes](/source/Forbes)'' reported that Nvidia has increased its lobbying presence in Washington, D.C. as American lawmakers consider proposals to [regulate artificial intelligence](/source/Regulation_of_artificial_intelligence). From 2023 to 2024, the company reportedly hired at least four government affairs with professional backgrounds at agencies including the United States Department of State and the Department of the Treasury. It was noted that the $350,000 spent by the company on lobbying in 2023 was small compared to a number of major tech companies in the artificial intelligence space.[{{Cite web |last=Nieva |first=Richard |date=January 11, 2024 |title=Nvidia Is Quietly Ramping Up For A Delicate Dance In Washington |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2024/01/11/nvidia-is-quietly-ramping-up-for-a-delicate-dance-in-washington/ |access-date=May 12, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512233658/https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2024/01/11/nvidia-is-quietly-ramping-up-for-a-delicate-dance-in-washington/ |url-status=live }}]
In January 2024, [Raymond James Financial](/source/Raymond_James_Financial) analysts estimated that Nvidia was selling the H100 GPU in the price range of $25,000 to $30,000 each, while on [eBay](/source/eBay), individual H100s cost over $40,000.[{{cite news |last1=Vanian |first1=Jonathan |title=Mark Zuckerberg indicates Meta is spending billions of dollars on Nvidia AI chips |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/18/mark-zuckerberg-indicates-meta-is-spending-billions-on-nvidia-ai-chips.html |access-date=June 6, 2024 |work=CNBC |date=January 18, 2024 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119174034/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/18/mark-zuckerberg-indicates-meta-is-spending-billions-on-nvidia-ai-chips.html |url-status=live }}] Several major technology companies were purchasing tens or hundreds of thousands of GPUs for their data centers to run [generative artificial intelligence](/source/generative_artificial_intelligence) projects; simple arithmetic implied that they were committing to billions of dollars in capital expenditures.[{{cite news |last1=Bindley |first1=Katherine |last2=Ellis |first2=Lindsay |last3=Bousquette |first3=Isabelle |title=Booming Stock and Sky-High Pay: Nvidia Is Silicon Valley's Hot Employer |url=https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/booming-stock-and-sky-high-pay-nvidia-is-silicon-valleys-hot-employer-e4fb6c20 |access-date=February 27, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 26, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227001206/https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/booming-stock-and-sky-high-pay-nvidia-is-silicon-valleys-hot-employer-e4fb6c20 |url-status=live}}] By then, Nvidia GPUs had become so valuable that they needed special security while in transit to data centers. [Cisco](/source/Cisco) chief information officer Fletcher Previn explained at a CIO summit: "Those GPUs arrive by armored car".[{{cite news |last1=Bousquette |first1=Isabelle |last2=Lin |first2=Belle |title=Armored Cars and Trillion Dollar Price Tags: How Some Tech Leaders Want to Solve the Chip Shortage |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/armored-cars-and-trillion-dollar-price-tags-how-some-tech-leaders-want-to-solve-the-chip-shortage-d7c75039 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 14, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530181419/https://www.wsj.com/articles/armored-cars-and-trillion-dollar-price-tags-how-some-tech-leaders-want-to-solve-the-chip-shortage-d7c75039 |url-status=live }}]
On March 1, 2024, Nvidia became the third company in the history of the United States to close with a market capitalization in excess of $2 trillion.[{{cite news |last1=Weiss |first1=Geoff |title=Nvidia's CEO unveils the next AI chip that tech companies will be scrambling for — meet 'Blackwell' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-unveils-next-generation-ai-chip-blackwell-2024-3 |access-date=March 19, 2024 |work=Business Insider |date=March 19, 2024 |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319001932/https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-unveils-next-generation-ai-chip-blackwell-2024-3 |url-status=live}}]
In April 2024, Reuters reported that China had allegedly acquired banned Nvidia chips and servers from [Supermicro](/source/Supermicro) and Dell via tenders.[{{cite news |last=Baptista |first=Eduardo |date=April 23, 2024 |title=China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-acquired-recently-banned-nvidia-chips-super-micro-dell-servers-tenders-2024-04-23/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424220448/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-acquired-recently-banned-nvidia-chips-super-micro-dell-servers-tenders-2024-04-23/ |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |work=Reuters |ref=none}}]
In June 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Justice Department (DOJ) began antitrust investigations into Nvidia, Microsoft and [OpenAI](/source/OpenAI), focusing on their influence in the AI industry. The FTC led the investigations into Microsoft and OpenAI, while the DOJ handled Nvidia. The probes centered on the companies' conduct rather than mergers. This development followed an open letter from OpenAI employees expressing concerns about the [rapid AI advancements](/source/AI_boom) and lack of oversight.[{{cite news |title=U.S. regulators to open antitrust probes into Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI |date=June 6, 2024 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/us-regulators-to-open-antitrust-probes-into-nvidia-microsoft-and-openai.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609033901/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/us-regulators-to-open-antitrust-probes-into-nvidia-microsoft-and-openai.html |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |access-date=June 9, 2024}}]
The company became the world's most valuable, surpassing Microsoft and Apple, on June 18, 2024, after its market capitalization exceeded $3.3 trillion.[{{cite news |last1=Patnaik |first1=Subrat |last2=Reinicke |first2=Carmen |title=Nvidia Becomes World's Most Valuable Company as AI Rally Steams Ahead |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-18/nvidia-becomes-world-s-largest-firm-as-ai-rally-steams-ahead?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=CIpmV6x8 |access-date=June 18, 2024 |work=Bloomberg |date=June 18, 2024}}][{{cite news |last1=Prakash |first1=Prarthana |title=Nvidia single-handedly surpasses Europe's biggest stock markets as London Stock Exchange chief promises reform to refresh U.K.'s 'ambition' |url=https://fortune.com/europe/2024/06/21/nvidia-surpasses-europes-biggest-stock-markets-london-stock-exchange-reform-u-k-ambition/ |work=Fortune |date=June 21, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |access-date=November 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629112011/https://fortune.com/europe/2024/06/21/nvidia-surpasses-europes-biggest-stock-markets-london-stock-exchange-reform-u-k-ambition/ |url-status=live }}]
In June 2024, [Trend Micro](/source/Trend_Micro) announced a partnership with Nvidia to develop AI-driven security tools, notably to protect the data centers where AI workloads are processed.[{{cite news |title=Trend Micro, Nvidia Partner to Secure AI Data Centers |url=https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/trend-micro-nvidia-partner-to-secure-ai-data-centers |work=Dark Reading |date=June 6, 2024 |access-date=April 12, 2026}}] This collaboration integrates Nvidia NIM and Nvidia Morpheus with Trend Vision One and its Sovereign and Private Cloud solutions to improve data privacy, real-time analysis, and rapid threat mitigation.[{{cite press release |title=Trend Micro to Secure AI-Enabled Private Data Centers Worldwide |url=https://newsroom.trendmicro.com/2024-06-02-Trend-Micro-to-Secure-AI-Enabled-Private-Data-Centers-Worldwide |publisher=Trend Micro |date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=April 12, 2026}}]
In October 2024, Nvidia introduced a family of open-source [multimodal large language models](/source/Large_language_model) called NVLM 1.0, which features a flagship version with 72 billion parameters, designed to improve text-only performance after multimodal training.[{{Cite web |last=Nunez |first=Michael |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Nvidia just dropped a bombshell: Its new AI model is open, massive, and ready to rival GPT-4 |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-just-dropped-a-bombshell-its-new-ai-model-is-open-massive-and-ready-to-rival-gpt-4/ |website=[VentureBeat](/source/VentureBeat) |access-date=October 9, 2024 |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009065751/https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-just-dropped-a-bombshell-its-new-ai-model-is-open-massive-and-ready-to-rival-gpt-4/ |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Basu |first=Swati |date=October 2, 2024 |title=Nvidia unveils its new NVLM 1.0 AI model, rivaling the likes of OpenAI's GPT-4 |url=https://readwrite.com/nvidia-unveils-nvlm-1-0-ai-model/ |website=[ReadWrite](/source/ReadWrite)}}{{dead link|date=November 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}]
In October 2024, Nvidia reported that it had been collaborating with [Raytheon](/source/Raytheon) (a [RTX Corporation](/source/RTX_Corporation) business) to “explore network pipelines that accelerate workloads on GPUs and use GPU acceleration software libraries”.[{{Cite web |title=Accelerated Long-Range Radar Processing Pipelines SDC1051 {{!}} AI Summit DC 2024 {{!}} NVIDIA On-Demand |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/on-demand/session/aisummitdc24-sdc1051/ |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=NVIDIA |language=en-us}}]
In November 2024, the company was added to the [Dow Jones Industrial Average](/source/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average).[{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-replace-intel-dow-jones-industrial-average-2024-11-01 |title=Nvidia to take Intel's spot on Dow Jones Industrial Average |first=Arsheeya |last=Bajwa |website=[Reuters](/source/Reuters) |date=November 1, 2024 |access-date=November 3, 2024}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/01/nvidia-to-join-dow-jones-industrial-average-replacing-intel.html |title=Nvidia to join Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing rival chipmaker Intel |work=CNBC |last=Leswing |first=Kif |date=November 1, 2024 |access-date=November 3, 2024 |archive-date=November 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241102210231/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/01/nvidia-to-join-dow-jones-industrial-average-replacing-intel.html |url-status=live }}]
In November 2024, [Morgan Stanley](/source/Morgan_Stanley) reported that "the entire 2025 production" of all of Nvidia's Blackwell chips was "already sold out".[{{cite news |last1=Kahn |first1=Jeremy |title=60 direct reports, but no 1-on-1 meetings: How an unconventional leadership style helped Jensen Huang of Nvidia become one of the most powerful people in business |url=https://fortune.com/2024/11/12/jensen-huang-nvidia-ceo-leadership-mpp/ |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=Fortune |date=November 12, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=November 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241114192628/https://fortune.com/2024/11/12/jensen-huang-nvidia-ceo-leadership-mpp/ |url-status=live }}]
Also in November 2024, the company bought 1.2 million shares of [Nebius Group](/source/Nebius_Group).[{{Cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-cuts-stake-arm-holdings-invests-chinas-weride-2025-02-14/ | title=Nvidia cuts stake in Arm Holdings, discloses position in China's WeRide | first=Jaspreet | last=Singh | work=[Reuters](/source/Reuters) | date=February 15, 2025}}]
Nvidia was ranked #3 on Forbes' "Best Places to Work" list in 2024.[{{cite web |title=Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For |url=https://fortune.com/ranking/best-companies/2024/ |website=Fortune |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119102931/https://fortune.com/ranking/best-companies/2024/|archive-date=January 19, 2025|url-status=live}}]
As of January 7, 2025, Nvidia's $3.66 trillion market cap was worth more than double of the combined value of AMD, ARM, Broadcom, and Intel.[{{cite news |last1=Quiros-Gutierrez |first1=Marco |title=Nvidia's value is now worth more than AMD, Arm, Broadcom, and Intel combined—and doubled |url=https://fortune.com/2025/01/07/nvidia-market-cap-more-than-amd-broadcom-amd-intel-combined-doubled/ |work=Fortune |date=January 7, 2025 |archive-date=August 15, 2025 |access-date=July 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250815063625/https://fortune.com/2025/01/07/nvidia-market-cap-more-than-amd-broadcom-amd-intel-combined-doubled/ |url-status=live }}]
In January 2025, Nvidia saw the largest one-day loss in market capitalization for a U.S. company in history at $600 billion. This was due to [DeepSeek](/source/DeepSeek), a Chinese AI startup that developed an advanced AI model at a lower cost and computing power.[{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Gregory C. |date=March 7, 2025 |title=DeepSeek, Huawei, Export Controls, and the Future of the U.S.-China AI Race |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/deepseek-huawei-export-controls-and-future-us-china-ai-race |website=Center for Strategic and International Studies |access-date=March 8, 2025 |archive-date=March 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308140028/https://www.csis.org/analysis/deepseek-huawei-export-controls-and-future-us-china-ai-race |url-status=live }}] DeepSeek's AI assistant, using the V3 model, surpassed ChatGPT as the highest-rated free app in the U.S. on [Apple](/source/Apple_Inc.)'s [App Store](/source/App_Store_(Apple)).[{{cite news|last=Subin|first=Samantha|date=January 27, 2025|title=Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history|publisher=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html|access-date=January 28, 2025|archive-date=May 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512160726/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Saul |first=Derek |title=Biggest Market Loss In History: Nvidia Stock Sheds Nearly $600 Billion As DeepSeek Shakes AI Darling |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/01/27/biggest-market-loss-in-history-nvidia-stock-sheds-nearly-600-billion-as-deepseek-shakes-ai-darling/ |access-date=January 28, 2025 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=January 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128003554/https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/01/27/biggest-market-loss-in-history-nvidia-stock-sheds-nearly-600-billion-as-deepseek-shakes-ai-darling/ |url-status=live }}]
On April 7, 2025, Nvidia released the Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Ultra-253B-v1 [reasoning](/source/Reasoning_language_model) large language model, under the Nvidia Open Model License. It comes in three sizes: Nano, Super and Ultra.[{{Cite web |last=Franzen |first=Carl |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Nvidia's new Llama-3.1 Nemotron Ultra outperforms DeepSeek R1 at half the size |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidias-new-llama-3-1-nemotron-ultra-outperforms-deepseek-r1-at-half-the-size/ |access-date=April 13, 2025 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US |archive-date=April 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410102123/https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidias-new-llama-3-1-nemotron-ultra-outperforms-deepseek-r1-at-half-the-size/ |url-status=live }}]
On May 28, 2025, Nvidia's second-quarter revenue forecast fell short of market estimates due to U.S. export restrictions impacting AI chip sales to China, yet the company's stock rose 5% as investors remained optimistic about long-term AI demand.[{{cite news |last1=Bajwa |first1=Arsheeya |last2=Nellis |first2=Stephen |title=Nvidia shares rise as sales hit from China export curbs not as bad as feared |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-forecasts-second-quarter-revenue-below-estimates-2025-05-28/ |work=Reuters |date=May 28, 2025 |access-date=May 29, 2025}}]
In July 2025, it was announced that Nvidia had acquired CentML, a Canadian-based AI firm.[{{Cite web |last=Hemmadi |first=Murad |date=July 4, 2025 |title=Nvidia's deal to buy Canadian AI startup CentML could top US$400M |url=https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/nvidias-deal-centml-us400m/ |access-date=July 5, 2025 |website=The Logic |language=en-US |archive-date=July 5, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250705023749/https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/nvidias-deal-centml-us400m/ |url-status=live }}]
On July 10, 2025, Nvidia closed for the first time with a market cap above $4 trillion, after its market cap briefly touched and then retreated from that number during the previous day.[{{cite news |last1=Randewich |first1=Noel |title=Nvidia's market value tops $4 trillion |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-notches-4-trillion-record-close-market-cap-2025-07-10/ |access-date=July 12, 2025 |work=Reuters |date=July 10, 2025}}] Nvidia became the first company to reach a market cap of $4 trillion.[{{cite news |last1=Mickle |first1=Tripp |title=Nvidia Becomes First Public Company Worth $4 Trillion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/technology/nvidia-4-trillion-market-value.html |access-date=July 12, 2025 |work=The New York Times |date=July 10, 2025 |url-access=registration |archive-date=July 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250711032906/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/technology/nvidia-4-trillion-market-value.html |url-status=live }}] At that point, Nvidia was worth more than the combined value of all publicly traded companies in the United Kingdom.[{{cite news |title=Nvidia orders 300,000 H20 chips from TSMC due to robust China demand, sources say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-orders-300000-h20-chips-tsmc-due-robust-china-demand-sources-say-2025-07-29/ |date=July 29, 2025 |access-date=August 1, 2025 |work=Reuters}}]
In August 2025, Nvidia and competitor [Advanced Micro Devices](/source/AMD) agreed to pay 15% of the revenues from certain chip sales in China as part of an arrangement to obtain export licenses.[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government|url=https://www.ft.com/content/cd1a0729-a8ab-41e1-a4d2-8907f4c01cac |access-date=August 12, 2025 |website=www.ft.com |archive-date=August 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811220258/https://www.ft.com/content/cd1a0729-a8ab-41e1-a4d2-8907f4c01cac |url-status=live }}] Nvidia will pay only for sales of the H20 chips.[{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2025 |title=Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to US government |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvvnx8y19o |access-date=August 13, 2025 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811170419/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgvvnx8y19o |url-status=live }}]
On September 17, 2025, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said he was “disappointed” after the [Cyberspace Administration of China](/source/Cyberspace_Administration_of_China) (CAC) ordered companies including TikTok parent company [ByteDance](/source/ByteDance) and [Alibaba](/source/Alibaba_Group) not to purchase the RTX Pro 6000D, a graphics chip made specifically for the Chinese market. China's internet regulator banned the country's largest technology companies from buying Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips as part of efforts to strengthen the domestic industry and compete with the United States. The CAC instructed companies this week to end both testing and orders of the RTX Pro 6000D, which Nvidia had designed as a tailor-made product for China, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.[{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Ryan |date=September 17, 2025 |title=Nvidia CEO says he's 'disappointed' after report China has banned its AI chips |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/nvidia-ceo-disappointed-after-reports-china-has-banned-its-ai-chips.html |access-date=September 18, 2025 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=September 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918002159/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/nvidia-ceo-disappointed-after-reports-china-has-banned-its-ai-chips.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |title=China bans tech companies from buying Nvidia's AI chips|url=https://www.ft.com/content/12adf92d-3e34-428a-8d61-c9169511915c |access-date=September 18, 2025 |work=Financial Times|date=2025-09-17|archive-date=September 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918025444/https://www.ft.com/content/12adf92d-3e34-428a-8d61-c9169511915c |url-status=live }}]
On September 18, 2025, Nvidia announced it would invest $5 billion in [Intel](/source/Intel), backing the struggling U.S. chipmaker just weeks after the [White House](/source/White_House) arranged a deal for the federal government to take a major stake in the company. The investment will give Nvidia an immediate holding of about 4% in Intel once new shares are issued to finalize the agreement. Nvidia's move provides Intel with fresh support following years of unsuccessful turnaround efforts and will allow Nvidia to offer its powerful GB300 data center servers based on Blackwell GPUs on Intel's X86 architecture.[{{Cite web |last=Whelan |first=Amrith Ramkumar, Lauren Thomas and Robbie |date=September 18, 2025 |title=Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Intel, Furthering Trump's Turnaround Plan |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-intel-5-billion-investment-ad940533 |access-date=September 18, 2025 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=September 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918122338/https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-intel-5-billion-investment-ad940533 |url-status=live }}]
On September 22, 2025, Nvidia and [OpenAI](/source/OpenAI) announced a memorandum of understanding for a partnership wherein Nvidia would invest $100 billion into OpenAI, and OpenAI would use Nvidia chips and systems in new data centers. OpenAI will build new AI data centers using Nvidia systems, amounting to at least 10 gigawatts system power, which is the equivalent of energy produced by more than four [Hoover Dam](/source/Hoover_Dam)s. The deal was meant to be a circular arrangement where OpenAI will pay back Nvidia's investment through the purchase of Nvidia's chips, which is a model common in AI partnerships.[{{Cite web |last=Whelan |first=Berber Jin and Robbie |date=September 22, 2025 |title=Nvidia to Invest Up to $100 Billion in OpenAI |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/nvidia-openai-100-billion-deal-data-centers-d2f85cae |access-date=September 22, 2025 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=September 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922172356/https://www.wsj.com/tech/nvidia-openai-100-billion-deal-data-centers-d2f85cae |url-status=live }}] This "circularity" is estimated at $35 billion in new Nvidia chips bought by OpenAI, for every $10 billion Nvidia invests in OpenAI.[{{Cite web |last=Olson |first=Robbie Whelan and Bradley |date=September 23, 2025 |title=How Nvidia Is Backstopping America's AI Boom |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-nvidia-is-backstopping-americas-ai-boom-875c1346 |access-date=September 24, 2025 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=September 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250923164112/https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-nvidia-is-backstopping-americas-ai-boom-875c1346 |url-status=live }}] As of January 2026, negotiations had not progressed beyond early stages, and the two companies were rethinking the partnership's structure. In the months leading up to this, chief executive Jensen Huang privately emphasized to industry associates that the original deal was non-binding and not finalized when announced.[{{Cite web|title=Exclusive {{!}} The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice|url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-100-billion-megadeal-between-openai-and-nvidia-is-on-ice-aa3025e3|website=The Wall Street Journal|date=2026-01-30|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US|first=Berber Jin and Robbie|last=Whelan}}]
In October 2025, a coalition of Nvidia, nonprofit [Electric Power Research Institute](/source/Electric_Power_Research_Institute) and [PJM Interconnection](/source/PJM_Interconnection) announced that the first commercial application of software-developed by startup Emerald AI (in which Nvidia invests), that adjusts the energy draw on a power grid in real time was to be deployed at a new data center under construction in [Virginia](/source/Virginia). Dubbed "Aurora", the facility is expected to set a new flexible power standard.[{{Cite web |last=Harder |first=Amy |date=October 29, 2025 |title=Exclusive: Nvidia backs new data center that aims to cut your electricity bill |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/nvidia-data-center-aurora-ai-electric-bill |access-date=November 3, 2025 |website=Axios |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251030150846/https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/nvidia-data-center-aurora-ai-electric-bill |url-status=live }}]
A server farm dedicated to autonomous AI was also announced in October 2025, as a collaboration between SDS Schönfeld, a data services firm owned by UC Schönfeld, and [VAST Data](/source/VAST_Data), an Israeli company specializing in AI storage management that collaborates closely with Nvidia. Reports indicate that approximately $30 billion has been secured for the [Bet Yehoshua](/source/Bet_Yehoshua) server farm. It is expected to feature "tens of petabytes of data infrastructure powered by VAST, along with thousands of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs and Nvidia network processors."[{{cite web |title=Yossi Shonfeld builds server farm with Nvidia's Israel partner |url=https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-869583 |website=Jpost |date=October 6, 2025 |access-date=November 3, 2025 |archive-date=October 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251007024532/https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-869583 |url-status=live }}]
On October 29, 2025, Nvidia became the first company to reach a market capitalization of $5 trillion.[{{Cite web |last=Meredith |first=Sam |date=October 29, 2025 |title=Nvidia becomes first company to reach $5 trillion valuation, fueled by AI boom |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/nvidia-on-track-to-hit-historic-5-trillion-valuation-amid-ai-rally.html |access-date=October 30, 2025 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251030023018/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/nvidia-on-track-to-hit-historic-5-trillion-valuation-amid-ai-rally.html |url-status=live }}]
Nvidia's stock prices fell by 2% on November 11, 2025, as the SoftBank Group dumped its entire Nvidia portfolio worth $5.8 billion, redirecting the capital towards OpenAI instead.[{{Cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/softbank-nvidia-openai-masayoshi-son-sam-altman-investment/|title=Softbank dumps its entire Nvidia portfolio worth $5.8 billion as its CEO goes all-in on OpenAI to the tune of $30 billion|date=November 11, 2025|website=Fortune|last=Smith|first=Dave|access-date=December 1, 2025|archive-date=November 16, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251116211846/https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/softbank-nvidia-openai-masayoshi-son-sam-altman-investment/|url-status=live}}]
On December 1, 2025, Nvidia released Alpamayo-R1, an open source, vision-language-action AI model for self-driving vehicles. This was done so that developers and researchers can understand how these models work and come up with standard ways on how the industry can evaluate how they work.[{{Cite web |date=December 2, 2025 |title=Nvidia unveils Alpamayo-R1 to boost transparent AI reasoning in self-driving cars - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/nvidia-unveils-alpamayo-r1-to-boost-transparent-ai-reasoning-in-self-driving-cars-19778254.htm |access-date=December 11, 2025 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en |archive-date=December 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203153232/https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/nvidia-unveils-alpamayo-r1-to-boost-transparent-ai-reasoning-in-self-driving-cars-19778254.htm |url-status=live }}]
On December 15, 2025, Nvidia announced the [Nemotron](/source/Nemotron) 3 family of models consisting of Nano, Super and Ultra models, built on a hybrid mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture. Nvidia said Nano has around 30 billion parameters, Super 100 billion, and Ultra 500 billion.[{{cite news |last=David |first=Emilia |title=Nvidia debuts Nemotron 3 with hybrid MoE and Mamba-Transformer to drive efficient agentic AI |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-debuts-nemotron-3-with-hybrid-moe-and-mamba-transformer-to-drive/ |work=VentureBeat |date=December 15, 2025 |access-date=December 16, 2025}}]
On December 18, 2025, Nvidia announced plans to build a major new research and development campus in Kiryat Tivon, Israel, projected to employ more than 10,000 people and become one of the company's largest sites outside the United States. The 22-acre complex is scheduled to begin construction in 2027, with initial operations expected in 2031, and will include laboratories, green areas, and public facilities. The project reinforces Israel's role as Nvidia's principal international development hub in advanced AI and computing technologies.[{{Cite news |last=Wullman |first=Israel |last2=Tsion |first2=Hila |date=December 18, 2025 |title=Nvidia doubles down on its 'second home' Israel, officially announces major new campus |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkcegg11q11g |access-date=December 18, 2025 |work=Ynetglobal |language=en |archive-date=December 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251218062137/https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkcegg11q11g |url-status=live }}]
In December 2025, it was announced that Nvidia had acquired [SchedMD](/source/SchedMD), the company behind the open-source workload manager [Slurm](/source/Slurm_Workload_Manager), as part of an effort to expand its AI and high-performance computing software capabilities. Nvidia stated that Slurm would remain open-source and vendor-neutral after the acquisition, with no financial terms disclosed.[{{Cite web |last=Szkutak |first=Rebecca |date=December 15, 2025 |title=Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/nvidia-bulks-up-open-source-offerings-with-an-acquisition-and-new-open-ai-models/ |access-date=December 16, 2025 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US |archive-date=December 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251215225026/https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/nvidia-bulks-up-open-source-offerings-with-an-acquisition-and-new-open-ai-models/ |url-status=live }}]
In December 2025, [CNBC](/source/CNBC) reported Nvidia had agreed to buy assets from [Groq](/source/Groq) for $20 billion in cash. The deal included a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for Groq's inference technology. Several of Groq's senior leaders, including its CEO, also agreed to join Nvidia as part of the deal. While both companies said Groq would continue to operate as an individual company, the transaction drew criticism from several industry analysts as a tactic to avoid regulatory scrutiny.[{{Cite web |last=Levy |first=Ari |date=December 26, 2025 |title=Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep 'fiction of competition alive,' analyst says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/nvidia-groq-deal-is-structured-to-keep-fiction-of-competition-alive.html |access-date=December 26, 2025 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=December 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251226193513/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/nvidia-groq-deal-is-structured-to-keep-fiction-of-competition-alive.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Faber |first=David |date=December 24, 2025 |title=Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq's assets for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-groq-for-about-20-billion-biggest-deal.html |access-date=December 26, 2025 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=December 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251226001313/https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-groq-for-about-20-billion-biggest-deal.html |url-status=live }}]
In late 2025, Nvidia entered advanced negotiations to acquire [AI21 Labs](/source/AI21_Labs), an Israeli developer of large language models,[Benzinga. (2025, December 30). Nvidia eyes another talent-focused acquisition: Report. https://www.benzinga.com/m-a/25/12/49641830/nvidia-eyes-another-talent-focused-acquisition-report {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231003304/https://www.benzinga.com/m-a/25/12/49641830/nvidia-eyes-another-talent-focused-acquisition-report |date=December 31, 2025 }}] in a deal valued at as much as $2 billion to $3 billion.[Reuters. (2025, December 30). Nvidia in advanced talks to buy Israel's AI21 Labs for up to $3 billion, report says. https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-advanced-talks-buy-israels-ai21-labs-up-3-billion-report-says-2025-12-30/][RTÉ. (2025, December 31). ''Nvidia in advanced talks to buy Israel’s AI21 Labs for up to $3 billion – report''. RTÉ. https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1231/1551009-nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-israels-ai21-labs/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260104124819/https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1231/1551009-nvidia-in-talks-to-buy-israels-ai21-labs/ |date=January 4, 2026 }}] The proposed transaction is widely described as a talent-focused "acquihire" aimed at integrating AI21's workforce of approximately 200 specialists into Nvidia's global artificial intelligence operations.[{{Cite web |date=2025-12-30 |title=Nvidia in advanced talks to acquire AI21 in $2-3 billion deal focused on talent |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkbh00xnzl |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=ctech |language=en |archive-date=December 31, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231005041/https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkbh00xnzl |url-status=live }}] If completed, the transaction would be Nvidia's second-largest Israeli acquisition after its $7 billion purchase of [Mellanox](/source/Mellanox_Technologies) in 2020.[{{Cite news |date=2025-12-30 |title=After raising $700m, AI21 Labs looks for exit |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-after-raising-700m-ai21-labs-looks-for-exit-1001530580 |access-date=2025-12-31 |work=Globes |language=en |archive-date=December 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251230092100/https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-after-raising-700m-ai21-labs-looks-for-exit-1001530580 |url-status=live }}]
At [CES](/source/Consumer_Electronics_Show) 2026, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled Nvidia's Vera Rubin AI platform and the Alpamayo open-source model.[{{Cite web |last=Research |first=Zacks Investment |title=NVIDIA CEO Announces New AI Paradigm Shifts |url=https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2812653/nvidia-ceo-announces-new-ai-paradigm-shifts |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Zacks Investment Research |language=en}}] [Hesai](/source/Hesai_Technology) was also picked as Nvidia's laser technology partner, supplying Lidar sensors to the company, streamlining software, hardware, and data in its autonomous driving products.[{{Cite web |last=Droulers |first=Annabelle |date=7 January 2026 |title=China's Hesai to Supply Lidar Sensors to Nvidia |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-01-07/china-s-hesai-to-supply-lidar-sensors-to-nvidia-video |website=Bloomberg}}]
In January 2026, Nvidia launched a new weather forecasting service called Earth-2. It is an open-sourced platform that can be incorporated to improve the AI function across models used by scientists, businesses and local governments.[{{Cite news |last=Wertz |first=Joe |date=January 26, 2026 |title=Nvidia Launches AI Technologies to Aid Weather Forecasting |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/nvidia-launches-ai-technologies-to-aid-weather-forecasting |access-date=January 26, 2026 |work=Bloomberg}}]
On February 24, 2026, Nvidia announced its acquisition of Israeli startup Illumex, a developer of generative semantic data infrastructure, in a deal reportedly valued at around $60 million.[{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Steve |date=24 February 2026 |title=“Deep Experience in Building Ontologies” Nvidia Stock (NASDAQ:NVDA) Notches Up With Illumex Acquisition |url=https://www.tipranks.com/news/deep-experience-in-building-ontologies-nvidia-stock-nasdaqeadsy-notches-up-with-illumex-acquisition |website=Tipranks}}]
On 11 March 2026, Nvidia announced that it will invest $2 billion in artificial intelligence cloud company [Nebius](/source/Nebius_Group).[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia to invest $2 billion in neocloud Nebius amid AI data center push |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/nvidia-invest-2-billion-in-neocloud-nebius-amid-ai-data-center-push-5986821 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=CNA |language=en}}]
In April 2026, Nvidia announced the release of a new group of open-source artificial intelligence models designed specifically for quantum computing. The development caused a noticeable market surge for allied quantum computing companies.[{{cite web |title=Xanadu Quantum Stock Soared on Nvidia News. Does It Have Any Staying Power? |url=https://www.barchart.com/story/news/1368154/xanadu-quantum-stock-soared-on-nvidia-news-does-it-have-any-staying-power |website=Barchart |date=17 April 2026 |access-date=17 April 2026}}] During the same month, Nvidia's market momentum was further bolstered by its primary manufacturing partner, TSMC, which reported a 35.1% year-on-year revenue increase for the first quarter of 2026, largely driven by robust global demand for AI accelerators.[{{cite web |title=NVIDIA Stock Forecast {{!}} TSMC Demand Signal, China Risk |url=https://capital.com/en-int/market-updates/nvidia-stock-forecast-15-04-2026 |website=Capital.com |date=15 April 2026 |access-date=17 April 2026}}]
At the GTC conference in March 2026, Nvidia announced the "Vera Rubin" platform, the successor to its Blackwell architecture. The platform includes the Rubin GPU and Vera CPU, designed to scale "agentic AI" and offering significant performance improvements in large-scale AI factories.[{{cite press release |title=NVIDIA Vera Rubin Opens Agentic AI Frontier |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-vera-rubin-platform |publisher=NVIDIA Newsroom |date=March 16, 2026 |access-date=April 7, 2026}}]
In May 2026, Nvidia announced that it would be partnering with [Corning](/source/Corning_Inc.) and investing up to 3.2 billion to build 3 new advanced manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Texas as part of a optical fiber deal.[{{Cite web |last=Tarasov |first=Katie |date=2026-05-06 |title=Nvidia to invest up to $3.2 billion in Corning as part of massive optical fiber deal with 3 new factories focused on AI |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/nvidia-corning-optical-factories-nc-texas-ai.html |access-date=2026-05-07 |website=CNBC |language=en}}]
== Corporate affairs ==
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+Sales by business unit (2025)[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Corporation: Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile {{!}} US67066G1040 {{!}} MarketScreener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/NVIDIA-CORPORATION-57355629/company/ |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=www.marketscreener.com |language=en |archive-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703081612/https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/NVIDIA-CORPORATION-57355629/company/ |url-status=live }}]
!Business unit
!Sales (billion $)
!Share
|-
|Compute & networking
|116.2
|89.0%
|-
|Graphics
|14.3
|11.0%
|}
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+Sales by region (2025)[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Corporation – Governance – Management Team |url=https://investor.nvidia.com/governance/management-team/default.aspx |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=investor.nvidia.com |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203235243/https://investor.nvidia.com/governance/management-team/default.aspx |url-status=live}}]
* [Jensen Huang](/source/Jensen_Huang), founder, president and chief executive officer
* [Chris Malachowsky](/source/Chris_Malachowsky), founder and Nvidia fellow
* Colette Kress, executive vice president and chief financial officer
* Jay Puri, executive vice president of worldwide field operations
* Debora Shoquist, executive vice president of operations
* Tim Teter, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary
=== Board of directors ===
{{As of |2026|1}}, the company's [board](/source/Board_of_directors) consisted of the following directors:[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Corporation – Governance – Board of Directors |url=https://investor.nvidia.com/governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx |access-date=January 25, 2026 |website=investor.nvidia.com |archive-date=January 24, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260124044404/https://investor.nvidia.com/governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx |url-status=live}}]
* Tench Coxe (former managing director of [Sutter Hill Ventures](/source/Sutter_Hill_Ventures))
* [John Dabiri](/source/John_Dabiri) (engineer and professor at the [California Institute of Technology](/source/California_Institute_of_Technology))
* [Jensen Huang](/source/Jensen_Huang) (co-founder, CEO and president of Nvidia)
* Dawn Hudson (former chief marketing officer of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League))
* Harvey C. Jones (managing partner of Square Wave Ventures)
* Melissa B. Lora (former president of [Taco Bell](/source/Taco_Bell) International)
* [Stephen Neal](/source/Stephen_Neal_(lawyer)) (lead independent director of Nvidia, former CEO and chairman emeritus and senior counsel of [Cooley LLP](/source/Cooley_LLP))
* Brooke Seawell (venture partner at [New Enterprise Associates](/source/New_Enterprise_Associates))
* Aarti Shah (former senior vice president & chief information and digital officer at [Eli Lilly and Company](/source/Eli_Lilly_and_Company))
* [Mark Stevens](/source/Mark_Stevens_(venture_capitalist)) (managing partner at S-Cubed Capital)
=== Finances ===
thumb|upright=1.06|Nvidia stock price (1999–2026)
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align: center;"
|+ 10-year financials (2016–2026)[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia Fundamentals |url=https://www.boerse.de/fundamental-analyse/Nvidia-Aktie/US67066G1040 |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=boerse.de |language=de}}][{{Cite web |title=Nvidia Fundamentals 2014-2022 |url=https://www.boerse.de/fundamental-analyse/Nvidia-Aktie/US67066G1040 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530204435/https://www.boerse.de/fundamental-analyse/Nvidia-Aktie/US67066G1040#guv |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=boerse.de |language=de}}]
!Year
!Revenue
(bn. US$)
!Net income
(bn. US$)
!Employees
|-
! scope="row" |2016
|5.0
|0.61
|9,227
|-
! scope="row" |2017
|6.9
|1.6
|10,299
|-
! scope="row" |2018
|9.7
|3.0
|11,528
|-
! scope="row" |2019
|11.7
|4.1
|13,277
|-
! scope="row" |2020
|10.9
|2.7
|13,775
|-
! scope="row" |2021
|16.6
|4.3
|18,975
|-
! scope="row" |2022
|26.9
|9.7
|22,473
|-
! scope="row" |2023
|26.9
|4.3
|26,000
|-
! scope="row" |2024
|60.9
|29.7
|29,600
|-
! scope="row" |2025
|130
|72.8
|36,000
|-
!2026
|215
|120
|42,000
|}
For the fiscal year 2020, Nvidia reported earnings of US$2.796 billion, with an annual revenue of US$10.918 billion, a decline of 6.8% over the previous fiscal cycle. Nvidia's shares traded at over $531 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$328.7 billion in January 2021.[{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NVDA | title=Google Finance - Stock Market Prices, Real-time Quotes & Business News | access-date=September 27, 2024 | archive-date=May 30, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250530001835/https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NVDA | url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Corporation – Financial Info – Annual Reports and Proxies |url=https://investor.nvidia.com/financial-info/annual-reports-and-proxies/default.aspx |access-date=November 18, 2018 |website=investor.nvidia.com |language=en-US |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114133504/https://investor.nvidia.com/financial-info/annual-reports-and-proxies/default.aspx |url-status=live}}]
For the Q2 of 2020, Nvidia reported sales of $3.87 billion, which was a 50% rise from the same period in 2019. The surge in sales was driven by people's higher demand for computer technology. According to the financial chief of the company, Colette Kress, the effects of the pandemic will "likely reflect this evolution in enterprise workforce trends with a greater focus on technologies, such as Nvidia laptops and virtual workstations, that enable remote work and virtual collaboration."[{{Cite news |last=Armental |first=Maria |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Nvidia Posts Record Sales as Pandemic Sustains Demand for Gaming, Data-Center Chips |work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal) |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-posts-record-sales-as-pandemic-sustains-demand-for-gaming-data-center-chips-11597871110?mod=business_lead_pos13 |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820183702/https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-posts-record-sales-as-pandemic-sustains-demand-for-gaming-data-center-chips-11597871110?mod=business_lead_pos13 |url-status=live}}] In May 2023, Nvidia crossed $1 trillion in market valuation during trading hours,[{{cite news |last=Goswami |first=Rohan |date=May 30, 2023 |title=Nvidia crosses into $1 trillion market cap before giving back gains |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/30/nvidia-on-track-to-hit-1-trillion-market-cap-when-market-opens.html|access-date=May 30, 2023|archive-date=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530130905/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/30/nvidia-on-track-to-hit-1-trillion-market-cap-when-market-opens.html|url-status=live}}] and grew to $1.2 trillion by the following November.[{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Ari |date=November 20, 2023 |title=Nvidia stock closes at all-time high, a day before earnings |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/nvidia-earnings-report-to-give-investors-peek-into-ai-demand-for-2024.html|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120211443/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/nvidia-earnings-report-to-give-investors-peek-into-ai-demand-for-2024.html|url-status=live}}]
=== Ownership ===
The 10 largest shareholders of Nvidia in early 2026 were:[{{Cite web
|title=NVIDIA ownership breakdown – Simply Wall St
|url=https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/semiconductors/nasdaq-nvda/nvidia/ownership
|website=Simply Wall St
|access-date=February 12, 2026
|language=en
}}]
* [The Vanguard Group](/source/The_Vanguard_Group) (9.33%)
* [BlackRock](/source/BlackRock) (7.92%)
* [State Street Global Advisors](/source/State_Street_Global_Advisors) (4.03%)
* [FMR LLC](/source/Fidelity_Investments) (3.71%)
* [Jen-Hsun Huang](/source/Jensen_Huang) (3.50%)
* [Geode Capital Management](/source/Geode_Capital_Management) (2.41%)
* [T. Rowe Price](/source/T._Rowe_Price) (1.75%)
* Capital Research and Management Company (1.67%)
* [JPMorgan Asset Management](/source/JPMorgan_Asset_Management) (1.39%)
* [Norges Bank Investment Management](/source/Norges_Bank_Investment_Management) (1.34%)
=== Fabrication ===
Nvidia [uses external suppliers for all phases of manufacturing](/source/Fabless_manufacturing), including wafer fabrication, assembly, testing, and packaging. Nvidia thus avoids most of the investment and production costs and risks associated with chip manufacturing, although it does sometimes directly procure some components and materials used in the production of its products (e.g., memory and substrates). Nvidia focuses its own resources on product design, quality assurance, marketing, and customer support.[{{cite web |title=2023 NVIDIA Corporation Annual Review |url=https://s201.q4cdn.com/141608511/files/doc_financials/2023/ar/2023-Annual-Report-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302063445/https://s201.q4cdn.com/141608511/files/doc_financials/2023/ar/2023-Annual-Report-1.pdf |archive-date=March 2, 2024 |publisher=Nvidia |page=8}}][{{Cite web |date=June 22, 2023 |title=Nvidia Value Chain Analysis |url=https://research-methodology.net/nvidia-value-chain-analysis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303170230/https://research-methodology.net/nvidia-value-chain-analysis/ |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |access-date=March 3, 2024 |website=Research-Methodology}}]
== GPU Technology Conference ==
{{Main|Nvidia GTC}}
Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) is a series of technical conferences held around the world.[{{Cite web |title=GPU Technology Conference |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/gtc/ |access-date=September 7, 2021 |website=GPU Technology Conference |language=en-us |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119132122/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/gtc/ |url-status=live}}] It originated in 2009 in San Jose, California, with an initial focus on the potential for solving computing challenges through GPUs.[{{Cite web |title=Deep Learning and GPU-Programming Workshops at GTC 2021 |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/gtc/training/ |access-date=September 7, 2021 |website=NVIDIA |language=en-us |archive-date=August 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827135127/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/gtc/training/ |url-status=live}}] GTC 2018 attracted over 8400 attendees.[{{Cite web |title=Deep Learning and GPU-Programming Workshops at GTC 2018 |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/03/02/gtc-san-jose-online-event/ |access-date=March 2, 2020 |website=NVIDIA |date=March 2, 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119092200/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/03/02/gtc-san-jose-online-event/ |url-status=live}}] After several years of remote-only events, GTC in March 2024 returned to an in-person format in San Jose, California.[{{Cite web |last=Caulfield |first=Brian |date=March 18, 2024 |title='We Created a Processor for the Generative AI Era,' NVIDIA CEO Says |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2024-gtc-keynote/ |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=NVIDIA Blog |language=en-US |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329173311/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2024-gtc-keynote/ |url-status=live}}]
At GTC 2025, Nvidia unveiled its next-generation AI hardware, the Blackwell Ultra and Vera Rubin chips, signalling a leap toward [agentic AI](/source/agentic_AI) and [reasoning-capable computing](/source/Reasoning_AI). Huang projected that AI-driven infrastructure would drive Nvidia's data center revenue to $1 trillion by 2028. The announcement also introduced Isaac GR00T N1 (humanoid robotics model), Cosmos ([synthetic training data](/source/synthetic_training_data) AI), and the Newton physics engine, developed in collaboration with DeepMind and Disney Research.[{{cite news |title=Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils new Rubin AI chips at GTC 2025 |work=AP News |date=May 20, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |url=https://apnews.com/article/457e9260aa2a34c1bbcc07c98b7a0555}}]
== Product families ==
[[File:NVIDIA Shield Tablet with Wireless Controller (16131034479).jpg|thumb|A [Shield Tablet](/source/Shield_Tablet) with its accompanying input pen (left) and [gamepad](/source/gamepad)]]
Nvidia's product families include graphics processing units, wireless communication devices, and automotive hardware and software, such as:
* [GeForce](/source/GeForce), consumer-oriented graphics processing products
* [RTX](/source/Nvidia_RTX), professional visual computing graphics processing products (replacing GTX and [Quadro](/source/Quadro))
* [NVS](/source/Nvidia_Quadro), a multi-display business graphics processor
* [Tegra](/source/Tegra), a [system on a chip](/source/system_on_a_chip) series for mobile devices
* [Tesla](/source/Nvidia_Tesla), line of dedicated general-purpose GPUs for high-end image generation applications in professional and scientific fields
* [nForce](/source/nForce), a motherboard chipset created by Nvidia for Intel (Celeron, Pentium and Core 2) and AMD (Athlon and Duron) microprocessors
* [GRID](/source/Nvidia_GRID), a set of hardware and services by Nvidia for graphics virtualization
* Shield, a range of gaming hardware including the [Shield Portable](/source/Shield_Portable), [Shield Tablet](/source/Shield_Tablet) and [Shield TV](/source/Shield_TV)
* [Drive](/source/Nvidia_Drive), a range of hardware and software products for designers and manufacturers of autonomous vehicles. The [Drive PX-series](/source/Drive_PX-series) is a high-performance computer platform aimed at autonomous driving through deep learning,[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia automotive solutions |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/drive-automotive-technology.html |access-date=March 29, 2016 |publisher=Nvidia |archive-date=October 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004130646/http://www.nvidia.com/object/drive-automotive-technology.html |url-status=live}}] while Driveworks is an operating system for [driverless cars](/source/Self-driving_car).[{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2016 |title=Nvidia unveils driverless car OS and partnership with TomTom |url=https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2016/09/nvidia-unveils-driverless-car-os-and-partnership-with-tomtom/ |access-date=October 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231227/https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2016/09/nvidia-unveils-driverless-car-os-and-partnership-with-tomtom/ |url-status=live}}]
*[BlueField](/source/Nvidia_BlueField), a range of [data processing unit](/source/data_processing_unit)s, initially inherited from its acquisition of [Mellanox Technologies](/source/Mellanox_Technologies)[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA BlueField Data Processing Units |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/data-processing-unit/|access-date=May 29, 2021 |website=NVIDIA |language=en-us|archive-date=May 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530225732/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/data-processing-unit/|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Deierling |first=Kevin |date=May 21, 2020 |title=What Is a DPU? {{!}} NVIDIA Blog|url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/05/20/whats-a-dpu-data-processing-unit/|access-date=May 29, 2021|website=The Official NVIDIA Blog|language=en-US|archive-date=September 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915084730/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/05/20/whats-a-dpu-data-processing-unit/|url-status=live}}]
* Datacenter/server class CPU, codenamed Grace, released in 2023[{{cite press release |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-cpu-for-giant-ai-and-high-performance-computing-workloads |title=NVIDIA Announces CPU for Giant AI and High Performance Computing Workloads |publisher=NVIDIA |date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805172118/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-cpu-for-giant-ai-and-high-performance-computing-workloads |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/grace-cpu/ |title=NVIDIA Grace CPU |publisher=NVIDIA |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805172713/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/grace-cpu/ |url-status=live}}]
* [DGX](/source/Nvidia_DGX), an enterprise platform designed for deep learning applications
* Maxine, a platform providing developers a suite of AI-based conferencing software[{{Cite web |last=Wiggers |first=Kyle |date=October 9, 2020 |title=AI Weekly: Nvidia's Maxine opens the door to deepfakes and bias in video calls |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-weekly-nvidias-maxine-opens-the-door-to-deepfakes-and-bias-in-video-calls/ |access-date=July 2, 2024 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201003006/https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-weekly-nvidias-maxine-opens-the-door-to-deepfakes-and-bias-in-video-calls/ |url-status=live }}]
* [Omniverse](/source/Nvidia_Omniverse), a platform for creating and operating [metaverse](/source/metaverse) applications[{{Cite web |last=Nnoli |first=Ike |date=March 21, 2023 |title=NVIDIA Omniverse Accelerates Game Content Creation With Generative AI Services and Game Engine Connectors |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/omniverse-accelerates-game-dev/ |access-date=November 5, 2025 |website=NVIDIA Blog |language=en-US |archive-date=November 5, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105041021/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/omniverse-accelerates-game-dev/ |url-status=live }}]
== Open-source software support ==
{{See also|Free and open-source graphics device driver|Mesa 3D|OpenPOWER Foundation}}
Until September 23, 2013, Nvidia had not published any documentation for its advanced hardware,[{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2013 |title=Nvidia Offers to Release Public Documentation on Certain Aspects of Their GPUs |url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2013-September/014480.html |access-date=September 24, 2013 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013329/https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2013-September/014480.html |url-status=live}}] meaning that programmers could not write [free and open-source](/source/free_and_open-source) [device driver](/source/device_driver)s for its products without resorting to [reverse engineering](/source/reverse_engineering). Additionally, features like its compute platform [CUDA](/source/CUDA) and the [DLSS](/source/DLSS) technology suite are proprietary and only available on its hardware. As such, Nvidia has been notable for proprietization and vendor-locking practices.
Nvidia has released Linux under dual GPL/MIT licensing, allowing developers to inspect the driver module code and contribute improvements in collaboration with the community.[https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules] The Nvidia [open-gpu-kernel-modules repository](/source/github%3ANVIDIA%2Fopen-gpu-kernel-modules) on [GitHub](/source/GitHub) provides the publicly accessible source code for these modules, supporting modern GPU architectures in Linux environments.[{{Cite web |title=nv |url=http://www.x.org/wiki/nv |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021514/https://www.x.org/wiki/nv/ |url-status=live}}]
The proprietary nature of Nvidia's drivers has generated dissatisfaction within [free-software communities](/source/Free_software_community). In a 2012 talk, [Linus Torvalds](/source/Linus_Torvalds) gave [a middle-finger gesture](/source/The_finger) and criticized Nvidia's stance toward Linux.[{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=June 19, 2012 |title=Linus Torvalds says "f--k you" to NVIDIA |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/linus-torvalds-says-f-k-you-to-nvidia/ |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=February 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023959/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/linus-torvalds-says-f-k-you-to-nvidia/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2012 |title=Linus Torvalds: 'fuck you, Nvidia' for not supporting Linux |url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/17/3092829/linus-torvalds-fuck-you-nvidia |access-date=July 9, 2013 |website=The Verge |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204164428/https://www.theverge.com/2012/6/17/3092829/linus-torvalds-fuck-you-nvidia |url-status=live}}] Some Linux and BSD users insist on using only open-source drivers and regard Nvidia's insistence on providing nothing more than a binary-only driver as inadequate, given that competing manufacturers such as [Intel](/source/Intel) offer support and documentation for [open-source](/source/open-source_model) developers, and others like [AMD](/source/Advanced_Micro_Devices) release partial documentation and provide some active development.[{{Cite web |date=August 14, 2006 |title=X.org, distributors, and proprietary modules |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/195351/ |access-date=November 3, 2008 |first=Jonathon |last=Corbet |website=[LWN.net](/source/LWN.net) |archive-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921165358/https://lwn.net/Articles/195351/ |url-status=live}}][[https://web.archive.org/web/20110113115606/http://www.ubuntugamer.com/2011/01/ubuntu-graphics-driver-overview/ An overview of graphic card manufacturers and how well they work with Ubuntu] Ubuntu Gamer, January 10, 2011 (Article by Luke Benstead)]
Nvidia only provides x86/x64 and ARMv7-A versions of its proprietary driver; as a result, features like [CUDA](/source/CUDA) are unavailable on other platforms.[{{Cite web |title=Unix Drivers |url=https://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html |access-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-date=December 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217085947/https://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html |url-status=live}}] Some users claim that Nvidia's Linux drivers impose artificial restrictions, like limiting the number of monitors that can be used at the same time, but the company has not commented on these accusations.[{{Cite web |last=Kevin Parrish |title=Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature Due to Windows |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-linux-basemosaic-ubuntu-parity,24519.html |access-date=August 6, 2015 |website=Tom's Hardware |date=October 3, 2013 |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521115822/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-linux-basemosaic-ubuntu-parity,24519.html |url-status=live}}]
In 2014, with its Maxwell GPUs, Nvidia started to require firmware by it to unlock all features of its graphics cards.[[https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/09/27/1254219/nvidia-begins-requiring-signed-gpu-firmware-images NVIDIA Begins Requiring Signed GPU Firmware Images] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111151021/https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/09/27/1254219/nvidia-begins-requiring-signed-gpu-firmware-images |date=November 11, 2020 }}, slashdot, September 27, 2014.][[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Firmware-Turing-C-Firm Linux-Firmware Adds Signed NVIDIA Firmware Binaries For Turing's Type-C Controller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107030340/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item |date=January 7, 2021 }}, phoronix, February 13, 2019.][[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nouveau-Just-Fixes-Linux-5.3 The Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Gets A Batch Of Fixes For Linux 5.3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107030340/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item |date=January 7, 2021 }}, phoronix, July 19, 2019.]
On May 12, 2022, Nvidia announced that it is opensourcing its GPU kernel modules.[{{cite web |url=https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/ |title=NVIDIA Releases Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules |date=May 11, 2022 | access-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512172814/https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-releases-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/ | url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-open-kernel&num=1 |title=NVIDIA Transitioning to Official, Open-Source Linux GPU Kernel Driver | access-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512173050/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-open-kernel&num=1 | url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules |title=NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Module Source |website=[GitHub](/source/GitHub) |date=May 17, 2022 | access-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-date=May 12, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512172722/https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules | url-status=live}}] Support for Nvidia's firmware was implemented in nouveau in 2023, which allows proper power management and GPU reclocking for Turing and newer graphics card generations.[{{Cite web |title=Nouveau NVIDIA GSP Firmware Support Merged For Linux 6.7 |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-GSP-Merged-Linux-6.7 |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=Phoronix |language=en |archive-date=March 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302012216/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-GSP-Merged-Linux-6.7 |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=A Nouveau graphics driver update |first=Jonathon |last=Corbet |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/953144/ |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=LWN.net |date=December 2023 |archive-date=March 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302012216/https://lwn.net/Articles/953144/ |url-status=live}}]
On July 21, 2025, Nvidia announced to extend CUDA support to [RISC-V](/source/RISC-V).[{{cite web
|last = Mann
|first = Tobias
|date = July 21, 2025
|title = Nvidia extends CUDA support to RISC-V just in time for next wave of Chinese CPUs
|url = https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/nvidia_cuda_riscv/
|publisher = [The Register](/source/The_Register)
|access-date = July 22, 2025
|archive-date = July 21, 2025
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250721231150/https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/nvidia_cuda_riscv/
|url-status = live
}}][{{cite web
|last = Kasanmascheff
|first = Markus
|date = July 21, 2025
|title = Nvidia Ports CUDA to Open-Source RISC-V Architecture, Expanding AI Ecosystem
|url = https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/21/nvidia-ports-cuda-to-open-source-risc-v-architecture-expanding-ai-ecosystem-xcxwbn/
|publisher = WinBuzzer
|access-date = July 22, 2025
|archive-date = July 27, 2025
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250727232453/https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/21/nvidia-ports-cuda-to-open-source-risc-v-architecture-expanding-ai-ecosystem-xcxwbn/
|url-status = live
}}][{{cite web
|last = Cao
|first = Ann
|date = July 22, 2025
|title = Nvidia to support RISC-V processors in latest boost to China's chip self-sufficiency drive
|url = https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319154/nvidia-support-risc-v-processors-latest-boost-chinas-chip-self-sufficiency-drive
|publisher = [South China Morning Post](/source/South_China_Morning_Post)
|access-date = July 22, 2025
|archive-date = July 23, 2025
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250723044234/https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319154/nvidia-support-risc-v-processors-latest-boost-chinas-chip-self-sufficiency-drive
|url-status = live
}}]
As of 2026, NVIDIA has over a 100 different open-source projects available on GitHub in different areas such as computer vision, networking, cybersecurity, AR/VR, Robotics, Generative AI etc[{{Cite web |title=Open-Source Projects |url=https://developer.nvidia.com/open-source |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=NVIDIA Developer |language=en}}].
===Partial list of Nvidia open-source projects===
* [garak](/source/Garak_(software))
* GR00T[{{Cite web | url=https://www.hackster.io/news/nvidia-isaac-groot-n1-is-an-open-source-foundation-model-for-accelerated-humanoid-robot-development-effa04c90231 | title=NVIDIA Isaac GROOT N1 Is an Open Source Foundation Model for Accelerated Humanoid Robot Development | website=www.hackster.io | access-date=May 20, 2025 | archive-date=May 31, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250531161549/https://www.hackster.io/news/nvidia-isaac-groot-n1-is-an-open-source-foundation-model-for-accelerated-humanoid-robot-development-effa04c90231 | url-status=live }}]
* [Nouveau](/source/nouveau_(software))
* [NVDLA](/source/NVDLA)
* [Nvidia Collective Communications Library](/source/Nvidia_Collective_Communications_Library)
* [PhysX](/source/PhysX) (since 2018)
* [TensorRT-LLM](/source/TensorRT)
* [VDPAU](/source/VDPAU)
* [Vibrante](/source/Vibrante)
* NemoClaw[{{Cite news |last=Schiffer |first=Zoë |title=Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform |url=https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-planning-ai-agent-platform-launch-open-source/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}]
==Nvidia proprietary software==
* [CUDA](/source/CUDA)
* [DLSS](/source/Nvidia_DLSS)
* [GameWorks](/source/Nvidia_GameWorks)
* [Omniverse](/source/Nvidia_Omniverse)
* [OptiX](/source/OptiX)
* [TensorRT](/source/TensorRT)
== Deep learning ==
Nvidia GPUs are used in [deep learning](/source/deep_learning), and accelerated analytics due to Nvidia's [CUDA](/source/CUDA) software platform and API which allows programmers to utilize the higher number of cores present in GPUs to [parallelize](/source/Parallel_computing) [BLAS](/source/BLAS) operations which are extensively used in [machine learning](/source/machine_learning) algorithms.[{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2020 |title=Nvidia's Self-Driving Vehicle Approach — from Tesla to DHL to Mercedes |url=https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/13/nvidias-self-driving-vehicle-approach-from-tesla-to-dhl-to-mercedes/ |access-date=October 28, 2020 |website=CleanTechnica |language=en-US |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117215917/https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/13/nvidias-self-driving-vehicle-approach-from-tesla-to-dhl-to-mercedes/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=Google Cloud adds NVIDIA Tesla K80 GPU support to boost deep learning performance |work=[TechRepublic](/source/TechRepublic) |date=February 22, 2017 |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-cloud-adds-nvidia-tesla-k80-gpu-support-to-boost-deep-learning-performance/ |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=June 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610173053/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-cloud-adds-nvidia-tesla-k80-gpu-support-to-boost-deep-learning-performance/ |url-status=live}}] These GPUs are used by researchers, laboratories, tech companies and enterprise companies.[{{Cite web |title=Intel, Nvidia Trade Shots Over AI, Deep Learning |date=August 25, 2016 |url=http://www.eweek.com/servers/intel-nvidia-trade-shots-over-ai-deep-learning.html|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=May 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521130755/https://www.eweek.com/servers/intel-nvidia-trade-shots-over-ai-deep-learning/|url-status=live}}] In 2009, Nvidia was involved in what was called the "big bang" of deep learning, "as deep-learning neural networks were combined with Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs)".[{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2016 |title=Nvidia CEO bets big on deep learning and VR |work=VentureBeat |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/04/05/nvidia-ceo-bets-big-on-deep-learning-and-vr/ |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125202428/https://venturebeat.com/2016/04/05/nvidia-ceo-bets-big-on-deep-learning-and-vr/ |url-status=live}}] That year, the [Google Brain](/source/Google_Brain) team used Nvidia GPUs to create [deep neural networks](/source/deep_neural_networks) capable of machine learning, where [Andrew Ng](/source/Andrew_Ng) determined that GPUs could increase the speed of deep learning systems by about 100 times.[{{Cite news |title=From not working to neural networking |newspaper=The Economist |date=June 23, 2016 |url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21700756-artificial-intelligence-boom-based-old-idea-modern-twist-not|access-date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=December 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231203934/https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21700756-artificial-intelligence-boom-based-old-idea-modern-twist-not|url-status=live}}]
=== DGX ===
{{Main|Nvidia DGX}}
DGX is a line of [supercomputers](/source/supercomputers) by Nvidia.
In April 2016, Nvidia produced the [DGX-1](/source/DGX-1) based on an 8 GPU cluster, to improve the ability of users to use deep learning by combining GPUs with integrated deep learning software.[{{Cite web |last=Coldewey |first=Devin |title=NVIDIA announces a supercomputer aimed at deep learning and AI |date=April 5, 2016 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/05/nvidia-announces-a-supercomputer-aimed-at-deep-learning-and-ai/ |access-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129054127/https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/05/nvidia-announces-a-supercomputer-aimed-at-deep-learning-and-ai/ |url-status=live}}] Nvidia gifted its first DGX-1 to [OpenAI](/source/OpenAI) in August 2016 to help it train larger and more complex AI models with the capability of reducing processing time from six days to two hours.[{{Cite news |last1=Carr |first1=Austin |last2=King |first2=Ian |date=June 15, 2023 |title=How Nvidia Became ChatGPT's Brain and Joined the $1 Trillion Club |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-06-15/nvidia-s-ai-chips-power-chatgpt-and-multibillion-dollar-surge |publisher=Bloomberg News |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230618072913/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-06-15/nvidia-s-ai-chips-power-chatgpt-and-multibillion-dollar-surge |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |url-status=live}}][{{Cite news |last=Vanian |first=Jonathan |date=August 15, 2016 |title=Elon Musk's Artificial Intelligence Project Just Got a Free Supercomputer |url=https://fortune.com/2016/08/15/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-openai-nvidia-supercomputer/ |work=Fortune |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230607233501/https://fortune.com/2016/08/15/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-openai-nvidia-supercomputer/ |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |url-status=live}}] It also developed Nvidia Tesla K80 and P100 GPU-based virtual machines, which are available through [Google Cloud](/source/Google_Cloud_Platform), which Google installed in November 2016.[{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Shaun |date=February 21, 2017 |title=Google rents out Nvidia Tesla GPUs in its cloud. If you ask nicely, that'll be 70 cents an hour, bud |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/21/google_says_cloud_gpu_boxes_are_go/ |website=[The Register](/source/The_Register) |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709170955/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/21/google_says_cloud_gpu_boxes_are_go/ |url-status=live}}] [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) added GPU servers in a preview offering of its N series based on Nvidia's Tesla K80s, each containing 4992 processing cores. Later that year, AWS's P2 instance was produced using up to 16 Nvidia Tesla K80 GPUs. That month Nvidia also partnered with IBM to create a software kit that boosts the AI capabilities of [Watson](/source/Watson_(computer)),[{{Cite web |title=IBM, NVIDIA partner for 'fastest deep learning enterprise solution' in the world |work=TechRepublic |date=November 14, 2016 |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ibm-nvidia-partner-for-fastest-deep-learning-enterprise-solution-in-the-world/ |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012034603/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ibm-nvidia-partner-for-fastest-deep-learning-enterprise-solution-in-the-world/ |url-status=live}}] called IBM PowerAI.[{{Cite web |date=November 14, 2016 |title=IBM and Nvidia team up to create deep learning hardware |work=VentureBeat |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/11/14/ibm-and-nvidia-team-up-to-create-deep-learning-hardware/ |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012090856/https://venturebeat.com/2016/11/14/ibm-and-nvidia-team-up-to-create-deep-learning-hardware/ |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2016 |title=IBM and Nvidia make deep learning easy for AI service creators with a new bundle |url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ibm-nvidia-hardware-software-bundle-deep-learning-ai/ |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024185627/https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ibm-nvidia-hardware-software-bundle-deep-learning-ai/ |url-status=live}}] Nvidia also offers its own Nvidia Deep Learning software development kit.[{{Cite web |title=Facebook 'Big Basin' AI Compute Platform Adopts NVIDIA Tesla P100 For Next Gen Data Centers |url=http://hothardware.com/news/facebook-big-basin-ai-platform-adopts-nvidia-tesla-p100-data-centers |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126093601/https://hothardware.com/news/facebook-big-basin-ai-platform-adopts-nvidia-tesla-p100-data-centers |url-status=dead}}] In 2017, the GPUs were also brought online at the [Riken](/source/Riken) Center for Advanced Intelligence Project for [Fujitsu](/source/Fujitsu).[{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2017 |title=Nvidia to Power Fujitsu's New Deep Learning System at RIKEN – insideHPC |url=http://insidehpc.com/2017/03/nvidia-power-fujitsus-new-deep-learning-system-riken/ |access-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024004640/https://insidehpc.com/2017/03/nvidia-power-fujitsus-new-deep-learning-system-riken/ |url-status=live}}] The company's deep learning technology led to a boost in its 2017 earnings.[{{Cite web |last=Tilley |first=Aaron |date=February 9, 2017 |title=Nvidia Beats Earnings Estimates As Its Artificial Intelligence Business Keeps On Booming |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2017/02/09/nvidia-beat-earnings-estimates-as-its-artificial-intelligence-business-keeps-on-booming/ |access-date=January 27, 2021 |website=[Forbes](/source/Forbes) |language=en |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419202205/https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2017/02/09/nvidia-beat-earnings-estimates-as-its-artificial-intelligence-business-keeps-on-booming/ |url-status=live}}]
In 2018, Nvidia researchers demonstrated imitation-learning techniques for industrial robots. They have created a system that, after a short revision and testing, can already be used to control the universal robots of the next generation. In addition to GPU manufacturing, Nvidia provides parallel processing capabilities to researchers and scientists that allow them to efficiently run high-performance applications.[[https://newatlas.com/robot-learn-watching-humans/54732/ "Robot see, robot do: Nvidia system lets robots learn by watching humans"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109004513/https://newatlas.com/robot-learn-watching-humans/54732/ |date=November 9, 2020 }} ''New Atlas'', May 23, 2018]
=== Robotics ===
In 2020, Nvidia unveiled "[Omniverse](/source/Nvidia_Omniverse)", a virtual environment designed for engineers.[{{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=October 5, 2020 |title=Nvidia announces open beta for Omniverse as a 'metaverse' for engineers |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-announces-open-beta-for-omniverse-as-a-metaverse-for-engineers/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619011541/https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-announces-open-beta-for-omniverse-as-a-metaverse-for-engineers/ |url-status=live }}] Nvidia also open-sourced Isaac Sim, which makes use of this Omniverse to train robots through simulations that mimic the physics of the robots and the real world.[{{Cite web |last=Takahashi |first=Dean |date=January 3, 2023 |title=Nvidia advances robot simulation with updates to Isaac Sim |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-advances-robot-simulation-with-updates-to-isaac-sim/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US |archive-date=December 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228041821/https://venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-advances-robot-simulation-with-updates-to-isaac-sim/ |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Isaac Sim |url=https://github.com/isaac-sim |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=GitHub |language=en |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619011540/https://github.com/isaac-sim |url-status=live }}]
In 2024, Huang oriented Nvidia's focus towards [humanoid robot](/source/humanoid_robot)s and [self-driving car](/source/self-driving_car)s, which he expects to gain widespread adoption.[{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Meghan |date=June 3, 2024 |title=Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says robots are the next wave of AI — and 2 kinds will dominate |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-pushes-robot-revolution-taiwan-computex-speech-2024-6 |access-date= |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615153607/https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-pushes-robot-revolution-taiwan-computex-speech-2024-6 |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=Julie |date=March 20, 2024 |title=Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explains why he's all in on humanoid robotics |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/20/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-explains-why-hes-all-in-on-humanoid-robotics.html |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=CNBC |language=en}}]
In 2025, Nvidia announced Isaac GR00T N1, an open-source [foundation model](/source/foundation_model) "designed to expedite the development and capabilities of humanoid robots". [Neura Robotics](/source/Neura_Robotics), [1X Technologies](/source/1X_Technologies) and [Vention](/source/Vention) are among the first companies to use the model.[{{Cite web |last=Liszewski |first=Andrew |date=March 18, 2025 |title=Nvidia says 'the age of generalist robotics is here' |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/631743/nvidia-issac-groot-n1-robotics-foundation-model-available |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=The Verge |archive-date=April 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404234911/https://www.theverge.com/news/631743/nvidia-issac-groot-n1-robotics-foundation-model-available |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Mike |date=March 18, 2025 |title='The age of generalist robotics is here' - Nvidia's latest GROOT AI model just took us another step closer to fully humanoid robots |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-age-of-generalist-robotics-is-here-nvidias-latest-groot-ai-model-just-took-us-another-step-closer-to-fully-humanoid-robots |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=TechRadar |archive-date=April 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409132151/https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-age-of-generalist-robotics-is-here-nvidias-latest-groot-ai-model-just-took-us-another-step-closer-to-fully-humanoid-robots |url-status=live }}][{{cite magazine |title=How Nvidia's Simulation Tech is Used for Advanced Robotics Training |magazine=[Automation World](/source/Automation_World) |date=January 8, 2025 |url=https://www.automationworld.com/factory/robotics/news/55253285/how-nvidias-simulation-tech-is-used-for-advanced-robotics-training |access-date=April 14, 2025 |archive-date=April 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408020049/https://www.automationworld.com/factory/robotics/news/55253285/how-nvidias-simulation-tech-is-used-for-advanced-robotics-training |url-status=live }}]
=== Automotive ===
NVIDIA has been involves in the automotive industry since introducing [NVIDIA drive](/source/Nvidia_Drive) in CES 2015[{{Cite web |last=Juliussen |first=Egil |date=2024-06-13 |title=Nvidia Drives Automotive Industry Through AI |url=https://www.eetimes.com/what-is-nvidia-doing-in-automotive/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=EE Times}}].
In April 2021, NVIDIA announced "DRIVE Sim" - A simulation platform for autonomous vehicles based on the [Omniverse](/source/Nvidia_Omniverse) platform, which according to NVIDIA brought high fidelity, and was much more physically accurate and fully repeatable[{{Cite web |last=Ord |first=Nathan |date=2021-04-12 |title=NVIDIA Drive Sim Leverages Powerful Omniverse Tech To Train Next-Gen Self-Driving Vehicles |url=https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-introduces-omniverse-simulation-for-training-self-driving-vehicles |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=HotHardware |language=en-us}}] which is required for [V&V](/source/Verification_and_validation).
In January 2026, NVIDIA announced Alpamayo[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Announces Alpamayo Family of Open-Source AI Models and Tools to Accelerate Safe, Reasoning-Based Autonomous Vehicle Development |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/alpamayo-autonomous-vehicle-development |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom |language=en-us}}], "family of open AI models, simulation tools and datasets designed to accelerate the next era of safe, reasoning‑based autonomous vehicle (AV) development.".
== Inception Program ==
Nvidia's Inception Program was created to support startups making exceptional advances in the fields of artificial intelligence and data science. Award winners are announced at Nvidia's GTC Conference. In May 2017, the program had 1,300 companies.[{{Cite news |date=May 10, 2017 |title=Six Startups Split $1.5 Million in Cash in AI startup competition. |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2017/05/10/these-six-ai-startups-just-snagged-a-share-of-1-5-million-in-cash-prizes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521102741/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2017/05/10/these-six-ai-startups-just-snagged-a-share-of-1-5-million-in-cash-prizes/ |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2018 |work=The Official NVIDIA Blog |language=en-US}}] As of March 2018, there were 2,800 startups in the Inception Program.[{{Cite web |last=Dean Takahashi |date=March 28, 2018 |title=Nvidia's Inception AI contest awards $1 million to 3 top startups |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/27/nvidias-inception-ai-contest-awards-1-million-to-3-top-startups/ |access-date=September 6, 2018 |publisher=Venture Beat |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109013825/https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/27/nvidias-inception-ai-contest-awards-1-million-to-3-top-startups/ |url-status=live}}] As of August 2021, the program has over 8,500 members in 90 countries, with cumulative funding of US$60 billion.[{{Cite news |date=August 2, 2021 |title=Better Than 8K Resolution: NVIDIA Inception Displays Global AI Startup Ecosystem |language=en-US |work=The Official NVIDIA Blog |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/08/02/inception-8k-members/ |access-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910162307/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/08/02/inception-8k-members/ |url-status=live}}]
== Controversies ==
=== GTX 970 hardware specifications advertising dispute ===
{{Main|GeForce 900 series#Advertising controversy}}
Issues with the GeForce GTX 970's specifications were first brought up by users when they found out that the cards, while featuring 4 GB of memory, rarely accessed memory over the 3.5 GB boundary. Further testing and investigation eventually led to Nvidia issuing a statement that the card's initially announced specifications had been altered without notice before the card was made commercially available, and that the card took a performance hit once memory over the 3.5 GB limit were put into use.[{{cite web |url=http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Discloses-Full-Memory-Structure-and-Limitations-GTX-970 |title=NVIDIA Discloses Full Memory Structure and Limitations of GTX 970 |publisher=PCPer|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225180420/http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Discloses-Full-Memory-Structure-and-Limitations-GTX-970|archive-date=February 25, 2015|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web |url=http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-memory-issue-fully-explained/ |title=GeForce GTX 970 Memory Issue Fully Explained – Nvidia's Response |date=January 24, 2015 |publisher=WCFTech|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=March 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307020110/http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-memory-issue-fully-explained/|url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/why-nvidias-gtx-970-slows-down-using-more-than-35gb-vram/ |title=Why Nvidia's GTX 970 slows down when using more than 3.5GB VRAM |date=January 26, 2015 |publisher=PCGamer|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302151518/http://www.pcgamer.com/why-nvidias-gtx-970-slows-down-using-more-than-35gb-vram/|url-status=live}}]
The card's back-end hardware specifications, initially announced as being identical to those of the GeForce GTX 980, differed in the amount of L2 cache (1.75 MB versus 2 MB in the GeForce GTX 980) and the number of ROPs (56 versus 64 in the 980). Additionally, it was revealed that the card was designed to access its memory as a 3.5 GB section, plus a 0.5 GB one, access to the latter being 7 times slower than the first one.[{{cite web |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/8935/geforce-gtx-970-correcting-the-specs-exploring-memory-allocation |title=GeForce GTX 970: Correcting The Specs & Exploring Memory Allocation |publisher=AnandTech|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225183034/http://www.anandtech.com/show/8935/geforce-gtx-970-correcting-the-specs-exploring-memory-allocation|url-status=dead}}] The company then went on to promise a specific driver modification to alleviate the performance issues produced by the cutbacks suffered by the card.[{{cite web |url=http://wccftech.com/nvidia-working-driver-geforce-gtx-970-tune-memory-allocation-problems-improve-performance/ |title=NVIDIA Working on New Driver For GeForce GTX 970 To Tune Memory Allocation Problems and Improve Performance |date=January 28, 2015 |publisher=WCFTech|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=February 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217061234/http://wccftech.com/nvidia-working-driver-geforce-gtx-970-tune-memory-allocation-problems-improve-performance/|url-status=live}}] However, Nvidia later clarified that the promise had been a miscommunication and there would be no specific driver update for the GTX 970.[{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2876802/nvidia-plans-geforce-gtx-970-driver-update-for-memory-performance-concerns.html/ |title=NVIDIA clarifies no driver update for GTX 970 specifically |date=January 29, 2015 |publisher=PC World|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=August 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830210733/https://www.pcworld.com/article/2876802/nvidia-plans-geforce-gtx-970-driver-update-for-memory-performance-concerns.html|url-status=live}}] Nvidia claimed that it would assist customers who wanted refunds in obtaining them.[{{cite web |url=http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Plans-Driver-Update-GTX-970-Memory-Issue-Help-Returns |title=NVIDIA Plans Driver Update for GTX 970 Memory Issue, Help with Returns |work=pcper.com |date=January 28, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=February 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214101918/http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Plans-Driver-Update-GTX-970-Memory-Issue-Help-Returns|url-status=live}}] On February 26, 2015, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang went on record in Nvidia's official blog to apologize for the incident.[{{cite web |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-ceo-addresses-gtx-970-controversy/ |title=Nvidia CEO addresses GTX 970 controversy |publisher=PCGamer |date=February 26, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=February 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227104339/http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-ceo-addresses-gtx-970-controversy/|url-status=live}}] In February 2015 a class-action lawsuit alleging false advertising was filed against Nvidia and Gigabyte Technology in the [United States District Court for the Northern District of California](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California).[{{cite news |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-faces-false-advertising-lawsuit-over-gtx-970-specs/ |title=Nvidia faces false advertising lawsuit over GTX 970 specs |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=February 22, 2015 |work=PC Gamer|access-date=March 27, 2015|archive-date=March 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324202726/http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-faces-false-advertising-lawsuit-over-gtx-970-specs/|url-status=live}}][{{cite news |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887234/nvidia-hit-with-false-advertising-suit-over-gtx-970-performance.html |title=Nvidia hit with false advertising suit over GTX 970 performance |last=Niccolai |first=James |date=February 20, 2015 |work=PC World|access-date=March 27, 2015|archive-date=March 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326052210/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887234/nvidia-hit-with-false-advertising-suit-over-gtx-970-performance.html|url-status=live}}]
Nvidia revealed that it is able to disable individual units, each containing 256 KB of L2 cache and 8 ROPs, without disabling whole memory controllers.[{{cite web |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/8935/geforce-gtx-970-correcting-the-specs-exploring-memory-allocation/2 |title=Diving Deeper: The Maxwell 2 Memory Crossbar & ROP Partitions – GeForce GTX 970: Correcting The Specs & Exploring Memory Allocation |author=Ryan Smith |work=anandtech.com|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226174250/http://www.anandtech.com/show/8935/geforce-gtx-970-correcting-the-specs-exploring-memory-allocation/2|url-status=dead}}] This comes at the cost of dividing the memory bus into high speed and low speed segments that cannot be accessed at the same time unless one segment is reading while the other segment is writing because the L2/ROP unit managing both of the GDDR5 controllers shares the read return channel and the write data bus between the two GDDR5 controllers and itself.[{{cite news |url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/340705-nvidia-settles-graphics-card-false-advertising-class-action |title=Nvidia settles class action lawsuit |date=July 27, 2016 |work=Top Class Actions|access-date=July 27, 2016|archive-date=July 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728134302/https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/340705-nvidia-settles-graphics-card-false-advertising-class-action/|url-status=live}}]
=== GeForce Partner Program ===
{{Main|GeForce Partner Program}}
The Nvidia GeForce Partner Program was a [marketing](/source/marketing) program designed to provide partnering companies with benefits such as public relations support, [video game bundling](/source/Video_game_bundle), and marketing development funds.[{{cite web |title=Nvidia gets anti-competitive with unsavory GeForce Partner Program |date=March 12, 2018 |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/73661-nvidia-gets-anti-competitive-unsavory-geforce-partner-program.html |publisher=|access-date=April 17, 2021|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417102448/https://www.techspot.com/news/73661-nvidia-gets-anti-competitive-unsavory-geforce-partner-program.html|url-status=live}}] The program proved to be controversial, with complaints about it possibly being an [anti-competitive](/source/anti-competitive) practice.[{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Kyle |title=GeForce Partner Program Impacts Consumer Choice |url=https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/03/07/geforce_partner_program_impacts_consumer_choice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712164949/https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/03/07/geforce_partner_program_impacts_consumer_choice |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2019 |website=HardOcP |date=March 8, 2018}}]
First announced in a blog post on March 1, 2018,[{{Cite news |date=March 1, 2018 |title=GeForce Partner Program Helps Gamers Know What They're Buying {{!}} NVIDIA Blog |work=The Official NVIDIA Blog|url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/03/01/geforce-partner-program/|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417102449/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/03/01/geforce-partner-program/|url-status=live}}] it was canceled on May 4, 2018.[{{cite news |last=Killian |first=Zak |date=May 4, 2018 |title=Nvidia puts the kibosh on the GeForce Partner Program |publisher=Tech Report |url=https://techreport.com/news/33603/nvidia-puts-the-kibosh-on-the-geforce-partner-program |access-date=May 4, 2018 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812101343/https://techreport.com/news/33603/nvidia-puts-the-kibosh-on-the-geforce-partner-program/ |url-status=live }}]
=== Hardware Unboxed ===
On December 10, 2020, Nvidia told [YouTube](/source/YouTube) tech reviewer Steven Walton of Hardware Unboxed that it would no longer supply him with GeForce Founders Edition graphics card review units.[{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Chris |date=December 12, 2020 |title=Nvidia Under Fire For Banning Review Site That Doesn't Focus On Nvidia Hardware Strengths {{!}} Happy Gamer |url=https://happygamer.com/nvidia-under-fire-for-banning-review-site-that-doesnt-focus-on-nvidia-hardware-strengths-97094/ |access-date=December 13, 2020 |website=HappyGamer |language=en-US |archive-date=December 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217023151/https://happygamer.com/nvidia-under-fire-for-banning-review-site-that-doesnt-focus-on-nvidia-hardware-strengths-97094/ |url-status=live }}][{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2020 |title=Hardware Unboxed VS NVIDIA: a Masterpiece of Bad Marketing |url=https://pangoly.com/en/blog/hardware-unboxed-vs-nvidia-a-masterpiece-of-bad-marketing/126 |access-date=December 17, 2020 |website=Pangoly |language=en |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123122503/https://pangoly.com/en/blog/hardware-unboxed-vs-nvidia-a-masterpiece-of-bad-marketing/126 |url-status=live}}] In a Twitter message, Hardware Unboxed said, "Nvidia have officially decided to ban us from receiving GeForce Founders Edition GPU review samples. Their reasoning is that we are focusing on rasterization instead of ray tracing. They have said they will revisit this 'should your editorial direction change.{{'"}}[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia have officially decided to ban us from receiving GeForce Founders Edition GPU review samples |url=https://twitter.com/hardwareunboxed/status/1337246983682060289 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224024257/https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed/status/1337246983682060289 |url-status=live}}]
In emails that were disclosed by Walton from Nvidia Senior PR Manager Bryan Del Rizzo, Nvidia had said:...your GPU reviews and recommendations have continued to focus singularly on rasterization performance, and you have largely discounted all of the other technologies we offer gamers. It is very clear from your community commentary that you do not see things the same way that we, gamers, and the rest of the industry do.
TechSpot, partner site of Hardware Unboxed, said, "this and other related incidents raise serious questions around journalistic independence and what they are expecting of reviewers when they are sent products for an unbiased opinion."[{{Cite web |last1=Lal |first1=Arjun Krishna |last2=Franco |first2=Julio |date=December 12, 2020 |title=The ugly side of Nvidia: A rollercoaster ride that shows when Big Tech doesn't get it |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/87946-ugly-side-nvidia-rollercoaster-ride-shows-when-big.html |access-date=December 13, 2020 |website=TechSpot |language=en-US |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105184243/https://www.techspot.com/news/87946-ugly-side-nvidia-rollercoaster-ride-shows-when-big.html |url-status=live}}]
A number of technology reviewers came out strongly against Nvidia's move.[{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2020 |title=Nvidia puts pressure on the hardware press |url=https://www.hardwareheaven.com/nvidia-puts-pressure-on-the-hardware-press/ |access-date=December 15, 2020 |website=HardwareHeaven.com |language=en-US |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214115601/https://www.hardwareheaven.com/nvidia-puts-pressure-on-the-hardware-press/ |url-status=dead}}] [Linus Sebastian](/source/Linus_Sebastian), of [Linus Tech Tips](/source/Linus_Tech_Tips), titled the episode of his weekly WAN Show, "NVIDIA might ACTUALLY be EVIL..."[{{Cite web |last=Kokhanyuk |first=Stanislav |title=I believe in ray tracing, but I do not believe in Nvidia's RTX 3000-series GPUs |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/I-believe-in-ray-tracing-but-I-do-not-believe-in-Nvidia-s-RTX-3000-series-GPUs.509180.0.html |access-date=December 13, 2020 |website=Notebookcheck |date=December 13, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=December 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229095954/https://www.notebookcheck.net/I-believe-in-ray-tracing-but-I-do-not-believe-in-Nvidia-s-RTX-3000-series-GPUs.509180.0.html |url-status=live}}] and was highly critical of the company's move to dictate specific outcomes of technology reviews.[{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2020 |title=NVIDIA might ACTUALLY be EVIL... – WAN Show December 11, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXn9O-Rzb_M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/iXn9O-Rzb_M| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}] The review site Gamers Nexus said it was, "Nvidia's latest decision to shoot both its feet: They've now made it so that any reviewers covering RT will become subject to scrutiny from untrusting viewers who will suspect subversion by the company. Shortsighted self-own from NVIDIA."[{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2020 |title=I have something else to say about NVIDIA's latest decision to shoot both its feet: They've now made it so that any reviewers covering RT will become subject to scrutiny from untrusting viewers who will suspect subversion by the company. Shortsighted self-own from NVIDIA. |url=https://twitter.com/gamersnexus/status/1337300582785282049 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221025356/https://twitter.com/GamersNexus/status/1337300582785282049 |url-status=live}}]
Two days later, Nvidia reversed its stance.[{{Cite web |last=Farrell |first=Nick |date=December 14, 2020 |title=Nvidia retreats from PR disaster |url=https://fudzilla.com/news/52042-nvidia-retreats-from-pr-disaster |access-date=December 14, 2020 |website=fudzilla.com |language=en-gb |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214112414/https://www.fudzilla.com/news/52042-nvidia-retreats-from-pr-disaster |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Nvidia issues an Apology for Backlisting Hardware Unboxed as their Reviewer |url=https://appuals.com/nvidia-issues-an-apology-for-backlisting-hardware-unboxed-as-their-reviewer/ |access-date=December 16, 2020 |website=Appuals.com |language=en-US |archive-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215194427/https://appuals.com/nvidia-issues-an-apology-for-backlisting-hardware-unboxed-as-their-reviewer/ |url-status=dead}}] Hardware Unboxed sent out a Twitter message, "I just received an email from Nvidia apologizing for the previous email & they've now walked everything back."[{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2020 |title=I just received an email from Nvidia apologizing for the previous email & they've now walked everything back. |url=https://twitter.com/hardwareunboxed/status/1337885741389471745 |access-date=December 13, 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113023143/https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed/status/1337885741389471745 |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Alderson |first=Alex |title=NVIDIA u-turns on its decision to block Hardware Unboxed from receiving GPU review units |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-u-turns-on-its-decision-to-block-Hardware-Unboxed-from-receiving-GPU-review-units.509177.0.html |access-date=December 13, 2020 |website=Notebookcheck |date=December 13, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214233828/https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-u-turns-on-its-decision-to-block-Hardware-Unboxed-from-receiving-GPU-review-units.509177.0.html |url-status=live}}] On December 14, Hardware Unboxed released a video explaining the controversy from their viewpoint.[{{Cite web |last=Hardware Unboxed |title=Nvidia Bans Hardware Unboxed, Then Backpedals: Our Thoughts |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdAMcQgR92k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wdAMcQgR92k| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=December 14, 2020 |website=YouTube|date=December 14, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}] Via Twitter, they also shared a second apology sent by Nvidia's Del Rizzo that said "to withhold samples because I didn't agree with your commentary is simply inexcusable and crossed the line."[{{Cite web |last=Hardware Unboxed |date=December 14, 2020 |title=Twitter: Bryan Del Rizzo from Nvidia has reached out a second time to apologize and asked us to share this with you. |url=https://twitter.com/hardwareunboxed/status/1338709463721672705 |access-date=December 22, 2020 |archive-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215045635/https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed/status/1338709463721672705 |url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |last=Stanley |first=Donny |date=December 15, 2020 |title=NVIDIA Apologizes For Email Blacklisting Reviewer, Retracts Original Statements |url=https://adoredtv.com/nvidia-apologizes-for-email-blacklisting-reviewer-retracts-original-statements/ |access-date=December 22, 2020 |website=AdoredTV |language=en-US |archive-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215095411/https://adoredtv.com/nvidia-apologizes-for-email-blacklisting-reviewer-retracts-original-statements/ |url-status=dead}}]
=== Improper disclosures about cryptomining ===
In 2018, Nvidia's chips became popular for [cryptomining](/source/cryptomining), the process of obtaining crypto rewards in exchange for verifying transactions on distributed ledgers, the [United States Securities and Exchange Commission](/source/United_States_Securities_and_Exchange_Commission) (SEC) said. However, the company failed to disclose that it was a "significant element" of its revenue growth from sales of chips designed for gaming, the SEC further added in a statement and charging order. Those omissions misled investors and analysts who were interested in understanding the impact of cryptomining on Nvidia's business, the SEC emphasized. Nvidia, which did not admit or deny the findings, has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle civil charges, according to a statement made by the SEC in May 2022.[{{Cite news |last1=Prentice |first1=Chris |last2=Singh |first2=Kanishka |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Nvidia to pay $5.5 million penalty for 'inadequate disclosures' about cryptomining |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-sec-charges-nvidia-with-inadequate-disclosures-about-impact-cryptomining-2022-05-06/ |access-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507154409/https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-sec-charges-nvidia-with-inadequate-disclosures-about-impact-cryptomining-2022-05-06/ |url-status=live }}]
=== French Competition Authority investigation ===
On September 26, 2023, Nvidia's French offices were searched by the [French Competition Authority](/source/French_Competition_Authority). The raid, authorized by a judge, was part of an investigation into suspected anti-competitive practices in the graphics card sector. Nvidia has not publicly commented on the incident.[{{Cite web |last=IV |first=Antonio Pequeño |title=Nvidia's French Offices Raided Over Antitrust Concerns, Report Says |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/09/28/nvidias-french-offices-raided-over-antitrust-concerns-report-says/ |access-date=March 10, 2025 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=March 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320184830/https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/09/28/nvidias-french-offices-raided-over-antitrust-concerns-report-says/ |url-status=live }}]
=== Chinese market halt ===
In August 2025, Nvidia ordered suppliers to halt production of its H20 AI chip following Chinese government directives warning domestic companies against purchasing the processor due to security concerns.[{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-orders-halt-h20-chip-production-after-china-directive-information-says-2025-08-22/ |title=Nvidia orders halt to H20 chip production after China directive, The Information says |publisher=Reuters |date=August 21, 2025 |access-date=August 22, 2025 }}][{{cite news |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-orders-halt-h20-production-china-directive-purchase |title=Nvidia Orders Halt to H20 Production After China Directive Against Purchases |publisher=The Information |date=August 21, 2025 |access-date=August 22, 2025 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}] The company directed suppliers including [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company](/source/Taiwan_Semiconductor_Manufacturing_Company), Samsung Electronics, and [Amkor Technology](/source/Amkor_Technology) to suspend work on the China-focused processor.[{{cite news |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-asks-suppliers-halt-h20-005428505.html |title=Nvidia Asks Suppliers to Halt H20 Work, Information Says |publisher=Yahoo Finance |date=August 21, 2025 |access-date=August 22, 2025 |archive-date=August 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822073513/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-asks-suppliers-halt-h20-005428505.html |url-status=dead }}]
The H20 was developed in late 2023 specifically for the Chinese market to comply with U.S. export restrictions, featuring 96GB of [HBM3](/source/HBM3) memory and 4.0 TB/s memory bandwidth-higher than the H100-but with significantly reduced computational power at 296 [TFLOPs](/source/FLOPS) compared to the H100's 1979 TFLOPs.[{{cite news |url=https://news.futunn.com/en/post/34012455/compared-to-the-h100-how-are-nvidia-s-h20-l20 |title=Compared to the H100, how are Nvidia's H20, L20, and L2 chips performing? |publisher=Futunn |date=November 9, 2023 |access-date=August 22, 2025 |archive-date=August 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824082933/https://news.futunn.com/en/post/34012455/compared-to-the-h100-how-are-nvidia-s-h20-l20 |url-status=live }}][{{cite news |url=https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/1719400 |title=How do Nvidia's H20, L20 and L2 chips perform compared to the H100? |publisher=Binance Square |date=November 10, 2023 |access-date=August 22, 2025 |archive-date=August 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824231311/https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/1719400 |url-status=live }}] Despite lower raw performance, the H20 demonstrated over 20% faster performance than the H100 in [large language model](/source/large_language_model) inference tasks due to architectural optimizations.[{{Cite report |url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2025/10/china-an-emerging-software-power.html |title=China: An Emerging Software Power |last=Dossani |first=Rafiq |last2=Mei |first2=Shanshan |date=2025-10-28 |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=China's AI ambitions target US tech dominance |url=https://www.dw.com/en/china-ai-artificial-intelligence-deepseek-us-chatgpt-semiconductors-graphics-technology-v2/a-74361630 |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=dw.com |language=en}}] CEO [Jensen Huang](/source/Jensen_Huang) denied allegations that the H20 contained security backdoors, stating the chips were designed solely for commercial use.[{{cite news |url=https://www.ainvest.com/news/nvidia-ceo-h20-chip-security-backdoors-hopes-china-response-satisfactory-2508/ |title=Nvidia CEO: H20 chip has no security backdoors, hopes China's response will be satisfactory |publisher=AInvest |date=August 20, 2025 |access-date=August 22, 2025 |archive-date=September 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906155023/https://www.ainvest.com/news/nvidia-ceo-h20-chip-security-backdoors-hopes-china-response-satisfactory-2508/ |url-status=live }}] The production suspension occurred as Nvidia was developing the B30A, a new chip based on its Blackwell architecture intended to succeed the H20 in the Chinese market.[{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-working-new-ai-chip-china-that-outperforms-h20-sources-say-2025-08-19/ |title=Exclusive: Nvidia working on new AI chip for China that outperforms H20, sources say |publisher=Reuters |date=August 19, 2025 |access-date=August 22, 2025 }}]
Despite criticism, the United States announced in 2026 that it would permit the export of newer H200 chips to China under specified conditions.[{{Cite web |date=2026-01-14 |title=The New AI Chip Export Policy to China: Strategically Incoherent and Unenforceable {{!}} Council on Foreign Relations |url=https://www.cfr.org/articles/new-ai-chip-export-policy-china-strategically-incoherent-and-unenforceable |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=www.cfr.org |language=en}}][{{Cite news |date=2026-01-17 |title=China blocks Nvidia H200 AI chips that US government cleared for export – report |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/china-blocks-nvidia-h200-ai-chips-that-us-government-cleared-for-export-report |access-date=2026-01-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] The move was expected to stimulate market activity and U.S. influence. The Chinese market, estimated to be worth hundreds of billions and potentially trillions of U.S. dollars, presents significant profit opportunities for American firms, with revenues reinforcing leading positions.[{{Cite web |title=China Artificial Intelligence Market Size, Share {{!}} Growth [2032] |url=https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/china-artificial-intelligence-market-113974 |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=www.fortunebusinessinsights.com |language=en}}] However, China quickly responded by imposing restrictions on certain foreign chips to be imported[{{Cite web |title=Nvidia suppliers halt H200 output after China blocks chip shipments |url=https://www.ft.com/content/02a3eb7c-684f-4e39-87b8-36e9595ef800 |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=www.ft.com}}][{{Cite web |date=2026-01-14 |title=US approves sale of Nvidia's advanced H200 chips to China |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4erx1n04lo |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}]. China is leveraging the sanction to advance its domestic technology sector[{{Cite web |last=Loke |first=Deon |date=2026-05-19 |title=China’s AI industry transitioning from technology catch-up to value capture: Morgan Stanley |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/chinas-ai-industry-transitioning-technology-catch-value-capture-morgan-stanley |access-date=2026-05-26 |website=The Business Times |language=en}}], while concerns have also emerged over possible fragmentation and reduced reinvestment in its own artificial intelligence development.[{{Cite web |date=2025-07-22 |title=China's drive toward self-reliance in artificial intelligence: from chips to large language models {{!}} Merics |url=https://merics.org/en/report/chinas-drive-toward-self-reliance-artificial-intelligence-chips-large-language-models |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=merics.org |language=en}}] China’s refusal to buy them could cost the company $30 billion.[{{Cite news |last=Tobin |first=Meaghan |last2=Taipei |first2=Tripp MickleMeaghan Tobin reported from |last3=Taiwan |last4=Francisco |first4=Tripp Mickle from San |date=2026-05-21 |title=Trump Approved a Nvidia Chip for Sale in China. Beijing Doesn’t Want It. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/china-nvidia-chip-trump-ai.html |access-date=2026-05-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}][{{Cite web |last=Chakrabarti |first=Rudro |title=Trump's 25% cut on every Nvidia chip sold to China just backfired: now 'they want to develop their own.' |url=https://moneywise.com/news/investing/trump-nvidia-china-trip-deal-jensen-huang |access-date=2026-05-26 |website=Moneywise |language=en}}]
=== Data scraping and Anna's Archive piracy ===
{{See also|Anna's Archive#Nvidia lawsuit}}
Nvidia has been involved in heavy [data scraping](/source/data_scraping) for illegal AI model training. In 2024, internal conversations revealed that Nvidia was scraping large amounts of videos from YouTube without permission, and by circumventing protection measures.[{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping 'A Human Lifetime' of Videos Per Day to Train AI |url=https://www.404media.co/nvidia-ai-scraping-foundational-model-cosmos-project/ |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=torrentfreak |language=en-GB}}] In January 2026, a court filing revealed that Nvidia developers contacted shadow library [Anna's Archive](/source/Anna's_Archive) to evaluate the use of [pirated content](/source/Online_piracy) for model training, which management gave green light for despite legality concerns from the site.[{{Cite web |date=2026-01-16 |title=NVIDIA Contacted Anna's Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books |url=https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contacted-annas-archive-to-secure-access-to-millions-of-pirated-books/ |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=torrentfreak |language=en-GB}}] Nvidia denied the allegations and filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.[{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA: Contact With Anna's Archive Doesn't Prove Copyright Infringement * TorrentFreak |url=https://torrentfreak.com/nvidia-contact-with-annas-archive-doesnt-prove-copyright-infringement/ |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=torrentfreak.com}}][{{Cite web |title=Dismiss – #240 in Nazemian v. NVIDIA Corporation (N.D. Cal., 4:24-cv-01454) – CourtListener.com |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68325563/240/nazemian-v-nvidia-corporation/ |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=CourtListener |language=en}}][{{Cite pdf |title=Case 4:24-cv-01454-JST Document 240 |url=https://torrentfreak.com/images/nviddiss-1.pdf |access-date=February 4, 2025 |website=torrentfreak |language=en}}]
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* {{annotated link|Molecular modeling on GPUs}}
* [Nvidia Parabricks](/source/Nvidia_Parabricks) – GPU-accelerated [genomics](/source/genomics) toolkit
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Witt |first1=Stephen |title=The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip |date=2025 |publisher=Penguin Publishing Group |isbn=9780593832691}}
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