Nvidia
Sign in to saveNvidia Corporation ( ) is an American technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, it develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoCs), and application programming interfaces (APIs) for data science, high-performance computing, video games, and mobile and automotive applications. Nvidia has been described as a Big Tech company.
Nvidia is an American technology company founded in 1993 that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and related computing technologies used in video games, data science, artificial intelligence, and automotive applications. The company matters because its GPU technology has become essential infrastructure for modern computing, powering everything from gaming and scientific research to autonomous vehicles and AI systems.
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- Company.name
- Nvidia Corporation
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- Logo used since 2006
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- 2788-2888 San Tomas Expwy.jpg
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- 1.2
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- Headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in 2023
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- Public
- Company.industry
- Semiconductors
- Company.foundation
- , in Sunnyvale, California, US
- Company.hq_location_city
- Santa Clara, California
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- US
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- Worldwide
- Company.revenue
- (FY26)
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- (FY26)
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- (FY26)
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- (FY26)
- Company.num_employees
- 42,000 (FY26)
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- Financials (FY26).References:
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- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1993
- Location
- Santa Clara, United States
- Also known as
- NVIDIA Corporation
- Status
- Active
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Encyclopedic overview
41 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- First graphics accelerator
- Public company
- 2007–2014
- 2016–2018
- 2019 acquisition of Mellanox Technologies
- 2020–2023
- 2024–2026
- Corporate affairs
- Leadership
- Board of directors
- Finances
- Ownership
- Fabrication
- GPU Technology Conference
- Product families
- Open-source software support
- List of Nvidia open-source projects
- Nvidia proprietary software
- Deep learning
- DGX
- Robotics
- Inception Program
- Controversies
- GTX 970 hardware specifications advertising dispute
- GeForce Partner Program
- Hardware Unboxed
- Improper disclosures about cryptomining
- French Competition Authority Investigation
- AI regulation dispute with Anthropic
- Proposed Shanghai facility
- Chinese market halt
- Data scraping & Anna's Archive piracy
- Deepseek and Nvidia
- 2024-2025 Chip smuggling scheme
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Nvidia Corporation ( ) is an American technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, it develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoCs), and application programming interfaces (APIs) for data science, high-performance computing, video games, and mobile and automotive applications. Nvidia has been described as a Big Tech company.
Originally focused on GPUs for video gaming, Nvidia broadened their use into other markets, including artificial intelligence (AI), professional visualization, and supercomputing. The company's product lines include GeForce GPUs for gaming and creative workloads, and professional GPUs for 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.
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