Opinion: Nvidia is pushing to stay ahead of Intel, AMD in a high-stakes, high-performance computing race

Nvidia NVDA was built on the promise of the GPU for gaming and advanced rendering, but its rise to a $1 trillion valuation was on the back of high-performance computing and AI. What began as a small project called “general purpose GPU” (GPGPU) that looked at in-game physics and video transcoding applications transformed the company into the titan of the silicon space, displacing Intel as the clear thought-leader for the future of computing. 

What has made Nvidia successful in this transition from being a gaming company to…