Nvidia designs the Nvidia H100 graphics processor used in artificial-intelligence data centers.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. It first became widely known for graphics processing units, or GPUs, used in computer games and professional visualization.
The H100 is based on Nvidia’s Hopper architecture and is designed for demanding workloads such as machine learning, scientific computing, and large-scale data analysis. Nvidia’s CUDA software platform also helped developers use its GPUs for general-purpose parallel computing rather than graphics alone.
Nvidia’s market capitalization rose sharply as demand for AI computing infrastructure increased. The company designs its chips but relies on manufacturing partners, especially Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, for fabrication. AMD and Intel also make important processors, but the H100 is an Nvidia product.