How Nvidia Became a $1 Trillion Company

20 thoughts on “How Nvidia Became a $1 Trillion Company”

1. Correction at @30:20 I said Microsoft when it should be Intel. Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas everyone!

2. I miss EVGA

   AMD is a little too finicky for me, so I wish they would GPU again, maybe ARC cards?

3. 🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

   00:00 💹 Nvidia's share price skyrocketed by 220%, becoming the highest performing stock in the S&P 500 for 2023, reflecting its significant market impact beyond just graphics cards.
   
   00:27 🌐 Nvidia powers a wide range of companies across various sectors, including cloud services for Netflix, Adobe, Airbnb, NASA, and Kellogg's, highlighting its pervasive influence in technology.
   
   01:08 🚀 Nvidia's valuation exceeded $1 trillion, showcasing its transition from near bankruptcy in 1995 to a technology giant, driven by its diverse applications in computing and AI.
   
   03:05 💡 The creation of the GPU, a chip designed for parallel processing to efficiently handle tasks like rendering 3D graphics, was a game-changing innovation by Nvidia.
   
   03:57 🎮 Nvidia's entry into the gaming market with the nv1 chip, a multifunctional chip for PCs, marked its initial focus but faced challenges due to industry preferences for simpler, dedicated 3D graphics chips.
   
   07:00 💰 Nvidia secured $20 million in funding, aided by CEO Jensen Huang's connections, showing the importance of reputation and vision in attracting venture capital.
   
   09:12 🔄 Nvidia's strategic pivot to align with industry standards for 3D graphics, moving from quadrangle to triangle-based rendering, was crucial for its survival and future success.
   
   11:15 📉 The failure of the nv1 chip due to market misalignment and compatibility issues nearly bankrupted Nvidia, highlighting the risks of innovation and the need for market awareness.
   
   14:02 🌟 The launch of the GeForce 256 graphics card and popularization of the term "GPU" by Nvidia revolutionized PC gaming, demonstrating the company's ability to innovate and lead market trends.
   
   17:43 🤖 Nvidia's GPUs became instrumental in the AI boom, particularly in deep learning, illustrating the company's strategic foresight in developing technologies like CUDA for broader applications.
   
   21:04 🏥 Nvidia's impact extended to healthcare, setting a record for the fastest DNA sequencing, showcasing the versatility of its technology beyond traditional computing and gaming.
   
   23:11 🚘 Nvidia's pivot from failed mobile chips to automotive chips for self-driving cars exemplifies its adaptive strategy and ability to repurpose technology across industries.
   
   26:07 ⚖ Nvidia faced a $5.5 million SEC penalty for lack of transparency during the crypto boom, highlighting the challenges and responsibilities of corporate governance in rapidly evolving markets.
   
   28:01 💼 CEO Jensen Huang's management style, focusing on a flat organizational structure and agile response to market changes, has been a key factor in Nvidia's continuous innovation and adaptability.
   
   30:08 🏭 Nvidia's future in the GPU/AI hardware space faces increasing competition from companies like Amazon and Microsoft, posing challenges to its market dominance despite its current high valuation.

4. Thanks for this great episode. I have a question: since 1991, I was selling Silicon Graphics Workstations and they were very dominant on the market for 3D Animation and Simulation, Vizualization. As Nvidia created their GeForce graphics, SGI lost its rein in 3D graphics. I was curious ti hear anything about that in this episode. Perhaps you could make an episode about Silicon Graphics as I believe there is a lot to learn about it. It changed my life completely and this area provided me with incredible experiences in the last 30 years. And it brought me to top technology, military applications, film and 3D animation, industrial design and I am enchanted in that are still. Great episode, I love how you are able to dig deeply and inform people on both sides of each company / topic you discuss, I value that highly. Best Wishes and again many thanks.

5. I regret not buying some AMD GPUs. I really dont want companies to exist without solid competition. Im switching on my next upgrade.

6. Make a video on TSMC – Zeus of all semiconductor companies

7. As usual, deeply researched and massively interesting! Thanks for your work, Dagogo!

8. I have a feeling Nvidia will be our generations enron.

9. Thanks Dagogo for your hard work in putting this great company summary together, very informative and enjoyable!

10. Interesting video. Not sure if NVDA will be the TSMC of AI or competitors will level the playing field.
    Will have to wait and see.

11. Netflix has nVidia hardware and is still slow to load and crashes frequently?

12. Had a bunch of nvidia cards. They're akin to Intel: scummy practices, overpriced products. AMD and ATI were always better bang for the buck.

    This video was a good roundup but it forgot the controversies of the gaming scene: they reached out to gamedevs to "help" them implement graphics by sabotaging the code for other graphics cards. Look into Crysis 2's rendering: concrete blocks with huge triangle-counts that are purposely tesselated incorrectly on ATI cards but work perfectly on nvidia.

13. I was an early adopter of graphics accelaration but I had a low budget so I went with a Voodoo addon card by 3dfx. I mloved it but within a few years 3dfx was dead and just about every decent card was a vga/3d hybrid made by Nvidia or ATI. I miss those days

14. Maybe NVIDIA can explore to enter the quantum processor space?

15. “Providing shovels in a gold rush” 🤌🏼

16. 15:27 Another small correction. Samsung has also produced chips for Nvidia. Once alongside TSMC with the 10-series (Pascal) and then exclusively Samsung with the 30-series. They're back to TSMC currently though.

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