Nvidia created the CUDA parallel-computing platform and uses the stock ticker NVDA.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. It initially became known for graphics processing units, or GPUs, designed for computer games and professional visualization.
The company introduced CUDA in 2006. CUDA allows developers to use Nvidia GPUs for general-purpose parallel computing, helping the hardware become important in scientific research, data analysis, and artificial-intelligence training.
Nvidia’s market value rose sharply as demand for AI accelerators expanded. A common mix-up is treating Nvidia as a semiconductor manufacturer in the same way as a foundry: Nvidia primarily designs chips, while companies such as TSMC manufacture many of them.