Nvidia developed the H100 graphics processor, a product that helped drive its rise among the world’s most valuable companies.
The H100 is a data-center graphics processing unit based on Nvidia’s Hopper architecture. It is designed for demanding artificial-intelligence and high-performance-computing workloads, including training and running large neural-network models.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. The company originally became famous for graphics processors used in personal computers and video games, but its CUDA software platform helped make its chips useful for general-purpose parallel computing.
The growth of generative artificial intelligence sharply increased demand for advanced accelerators and data-center systems. Nvidia’s market capitalization rose as investors anticipated continued demand, although market value remains subject to competition, supply constraints, and changing technology cycles.