Chapter 1
The humble booth where it all began
Chapter 2
The high-stakes CUDA gamble
Chapter 3
The artificial intelligence gold rush
Chapter 4
The global chip chess board
Chapter 5
Beyond gaming and artificial intelligence
YOUR GOAL
Master of The story of Nvidia
Ch 3 · The artificial intelligence gold rush
marcus Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem makes it incredibly difficult for competitors to catch up.
marcus Nvidia's Blackwell architecture packs over 200 billion transistors on one platform.
Fun Fact
Heavy server gear: A single Nvidia DGX H100 server weighs over 100 pounds and costs more than a brand-new luxury car.
Glossary
gpu (noun)
A specialized electronic processor designed to accelerate the rendering of images and the execution of complex mathematical computations. In 2023, tech giants scrambled to secure Nvidia's H100 GPUs to power their large language models.
A specialized electronic processor designed to accelerate the rendering of images and the execution of complex mathematical computations. In 2023, tech giants scrambled to secure Nvidia's H100 GPUs to power their large language models.
Quiz
Why is Nvidia's CUDA software considered a 'moat' that protects it from competitors?
Quiz
What business strategy analogy is often used to describe Nvidia's role in the AI boom?
Quiz
What is the name of Nvidia's massive chip architecture announced in 2024 to succeed the Hopper generation?
Quiz
Which Nvidia GPU became famous as the primary hardware used to train OpenAI's ChatGPT?
Quiz
Approximately how many transistors are packed onto a single Nvidia Blackwell B200 GPU?