Nvidia designed the H100 artificial-intelligence accelerator that helped drive its market-cap rise.
The H100 is a data-center graphics processing unit based on Nvidia’s Hopper architecture. It was announced in 2022 and is designed for demanding workloads such as machine learning, large language models, scientific computing, and high-performance data analysis. Its capabilities helped Nvidia become a central supplier for the generative-AI infrastructure boom.
Nvidia’s market capitalization expanded dramatically as cloud providers and technology companies invested in AI computing. The company supplies chips, networking equipment, software, and development tools, so its role extends beyond making conventional graphics cards for games.
The H100 is sometimes confused with Nvidia’s newer Blackwell products or with consumer GeForce GPUs. Those products belong to related but distinct product families. Nvidia’s CUDA software platform is another important part of its business because it gives developers tools for using the company’s processors.