Commentary: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's new rockstar status is long overdue

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Jensen Huang, the Taiwan-born founder of semiconductor giant Nvidia, brings a quiet determination to a Silicon Valley known for hype and bluster, says IMD Business School’s Howard Yu.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at an event ahead of the COMPUTEX forum, in Taipei, Taiwan Jun 2, 2024. Mark Zuckerberg achieved stardom before age 30, as did Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

Washington wants to contain China. Beijing wants to achieve self-sufficiency. And Taiwanese companies, knowing both sides need them, play cute. Then, in 2006, Nvidia discovered that its graphics cards could do more than make pictures and videos. They could accelerate other fast, repetitive tasks - ideal for areas like machine learning. To tap this potential, the company released CUDA.

 

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