Nvidia was founded in California in 1993, beginning as a semiconductor company focused on accelerated graphics and computing.
Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem founded Nvidia on April 5, 1993. The company was established in Santa Clara, in Silicon Valley, a region known for semiconductor and technology firms.
Nvidia first became widely known for graphics processing units, or GPUs, used in personal computers and video games. Its CUDA platform later allowed developers to use GPUs for general-purpose parallel computing, expanding the technology’s role in scientific research and artificial intelligence.
Nvidia is sometimes described only as a graphics-card maker, but its business now includes data-center accelerators, networking products, automotive computing, and software. Its corporate headquarters remains in Santa Clara, California.