NVIDIA

Nvidia's Invention of the Gpu

In 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world.

Supercharged Computing for the Da Vincis and Einsteins of Our Time

We set out 26 years ago to transform computer graphics.

Fueled by the massive growth of the gaming market and its insatiable demand for better 3D graphics, we’ve evolved the GPU into a computer brain at the intersection of virtual reality, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence.

NVIDIA GPU computing has become the essential tool of the da Vincis and Einsteins of our time. For them, we’ve built the equivalent of a time machine.

Two Forces Shaping Computing

For 30 years, the dynamics of Moore’s law held true. But now CPU scaling is slowing while the demand for computing power surges ahead.

With AI, now machines can learn. AI can solve grand challenges that have been beyond human reach, but it must be fueled by massive computing power.

Accelerated computing is the path forward beyond Moore’s law, delivering 1000x computing performance every 10 years.

Nvidia Reinvents Modern Computer Graphics

Our invention of the GPU in 1999 made real-time programmable shading possible, giving artists an infinite palette for expression.

In 2018, the introduction of the Turing architecture and NVIDIA RTX™ ray-tracing technology fulfilled another vision of computer scientists, paving the way to new levels of art and realism in real-time graphics.

We’ve led the field of visual computing for decades.