Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders No Priors: Jensen Huang, Founder & CEO of Nvidia
May 12, 2023
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Career Start
- Jensen Huang's career began unexpectedly when his office mate at AMD recommended him to LSI Logic.
- This led to his involvement in the early days of EDA and connections with prominent figures in Silicon Valley, eventually paving the way for NVIDIA's founding.
Focus on Acceleration
- NVIDIA focused on accelerated computing to solve problems beyond general-purpose computing's capabilities. This led them to fields like self-driving cars, robotics, and AI.
GeForce and AI
- NVIDIA's CUDA platform, initially carried by gaming cards like GeForce, unexpectedly became a cornerstone of AI development.
- Jeff Hinton used a GeForce gaming card for his early deep learning experiments.