The whiteboard is perhaps the ultimate symbol of the unique culture at Nvidia—the microchip designer that has grown from humble beginnings in the 1990s, when it was one of dozens of computer graphics chip companies and known mainly by hardcore gamers seeking the best performance for the first-person shooter Quake and other games, into the premiere supplier of advanced processors for our age of artificial intelligence (AI). The architecture of the company’s processors is well suited for AI workloads because of its ability to perform mathematical calculations simultaneously—essential for
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