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Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)

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How the Hardcourt Gaming Industry Evolved

Vidia is now on a cycle starting in 19 97 19 98, where they are doubling the performance that they are delivering at a given price point to the market every six months. The sell one million units of the riva one, 20 within four months. Necessity is the mother of invention. To say this is huge is like understatement of the century, huge for this market. But nobody even saw this at the time. Like farke sold so much software and so much hardware just because people wanted to experience that level of graphics.

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