Nvidia is the company identified by the stock ticker NVDA and is a leading designer of graphics processors.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. It originally focused on graphics processing units, or GPUs, which render images and video for computers and games.
The company’s GPUs later became important in scientific computing, artificial intelligence, and data centers. That expansion helped Nvidia become one of the world’s most valuable listed companies by market capitalization. Its market value is not fixed: it rises or falls as investors reassess future earnings and demand.
Nvidia is sometimes confused with semiconductor manufacturers such as TSMC. Nvidia primarily designs chips, while TSMC manufactures chips for many customers, including Nvidia.