NVIDIA

NVIDIA is a computing technology company founded in 1993 that designs graphics processing units (GPUs) and the computing platforms built around them. The company is the world leader in accelerated computing, and its hardware and software underpin workloads ranging from gaming and 3D graphics to artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, data analytics and scientific research.

Central to the company's history is the GPU, a specialised processor that NVIDIA invented in 1999. By performing large numbers of mathematical calculations in parallel, the GPU became the foundation for advances in gaming, high-performance computing and, more recently, machine learning. Technical work at NVIDIA spans GPU architecture, parallel and accelerated computing, 3D graphics, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, autonomous vehicles, robotics and healthcare computing.

The company's platforms are applied across several industry verticals, including gaming, multimedia, healthcare, autonomous vehicles, robotics and scientific research. Its stated orientation is toward problems of considerable technical difficulty - turning large volumes of data into real-time experiences and actionable insights - and toward invention, exemplified by the creation of the GPU itself.

NVIDIA was founded with the aim of bringing 3D graphics to the gaming and multimedia markets, and describes its culture as mission-driven and innovation-focused. Further information is available at https://nvidia.com/.