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The Thinking Machine.

Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip. By Stephen Witt. How Jensen Huang's Nvidia went from designing video game equipment to dominating the market for AI hardware.

  • 2025published Apr 8, 2025
  • Reportingjournalists on the companies and people building AI
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The Thinking MachineJensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip

By Stephen Witt

How Jensen Huang's Nvidia went from designing video game equipment to dominating the market for AI hardware.

From the publisher“The Thinking Machine is the astonishing story of how a designer of video game equipment conquered the market for AI hardware” Source
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Title
The Thinking MachineJensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip
Author
Stephen Witt
Publisher
Viking
Published
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
ReportingJournalists on the companies and people building AI.
What a reviewer said

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“The result is an entertaining account of a brave new world at its dawning.”
Publishers Weekly, Apr 20, 2025
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