NVIDIA

NVIDIA is a computing technology company that develops accelerated computing products, having pioneered the GPU as a specialised parallel processor for gaming, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. The company was founded in 1993 by three computer scientists, who set out with the conviction that interactive 3D graphics would be central to the future of computing and a stated aim of bringing 3D graphics to the gaming and multimedia markets. It is described as the world leader in accelerated computing, with a global presence.

The company's defining product is the GPU, invented in 1999. The processor handles complex mathematical calculations in parallel, a capability that helped drive the growth of the PC gaming market and, later, the development of modern artificial intelligence. NVIDIA's earlier product line consisted of graphics chips for the gaming and multimedia markets.

Its technical work spans 3D graphics, GPU architecture, parallel computing, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, autonomous vehicles, robotics, healthcare computing, scientific research, data analytics and real-time rendering. Industry verticals served include gaming, multimedia and entertainment, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, robotics, healthcare and scientific research.

The company's culture signals include a founding team of engineers, an innovation focus on frontier technical challenges and a stated emphasis on solving problems that others cannot solve.