Nvidia, often among the world's largest companies by market capitalization, created the GeForce graphics brand.
Nvidia introduced GeForce in 1999, initially for consumer-oriented three-dimensional graphics cards. The brand became closely associated with graphics processing units, or GPUs, used in personal computers and gaming systems.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. Its business later expanded beyond gaming into professional visualization, automotive computing, and data-center hardware.
A common mix-up is treating Nvidia as only a gaming company. Its modern valuation has been strongly influenced by demand for GPUs and related systems used in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. Market capitalization changes daily with share prices, so rankings are date-specific.