Chapter 1
The silicon crown and how GPUs conquered the world
Chapter 2
The specialized challenger and the rise of the TPU
Chapter 3
The seismic shift and OpenAI's shopping spree
Chapter 4
The global chip chess board
Ch 1 · The silicon crown and how GPUs conquered the world
steve In 2012, researchers realized Nvidia's 1999 graphics card had the parallel processing power needed to train deep neural networks.
steve Google challenges this dominant software lock-in by offering its own powerful TPU chips.
Quiz
Which highly sought-after Nvidia chip became the ultimate tech status symbol in 2023?
Fun Fact
Nvidia's origin: Nvidia was co-founded in 1993 during a meeting at a Denny's diner in California, where the co-founders discussed the future of 3D graphics over coffee.
Glossary
gpu (noun)
A specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate computer graphics and parallel mathematical processing. In 2012, researchers demonstrated that GPUs could accelerate neural networks, triggering the modern artificial intelligence boom.
A specialized electronic circuit designed to accelerate computer graphics and parallel mathematical processing. In 2012, researchers demonstrated that GPUs could accelerate neural networks, triggering the modern artificial intelligence boom.