Nvidia uses the stock ticker NVDA and became a leading global producer of graphics processors.
Nvidia was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. The company first built its reputation around graphics processing units, or GPUs, which accelerate image rendering for computer games and professional visualization.
Its GPUs later became important for scientific computing, cryptocurrency mining, and artificial-intelligence workloads. Nvidia’s CUDA software platform helped developers use its chips for general-purpose parallel computing, strengthening the company’s position as demand for AI training and inference expanded.
Nvidia trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker NVDA. It is sometimes confused with AMD, another major chip designer, or Intel, a company historically best known for central processing units. Nvidia’s market capitalization reflects investor expectations about its semiconductor technology and future demand, not merely the number of graphics cards it sells.