How Nvidia Won Graphics Cards

In 1995, there were over thirty different companies competing with one another to build the best graphics chips for the personal computer. Six years later, there would be only three. With one clearly in the lead: Nvidia. As of this writing, Nvidia Corporation is the 15th biggest company in the world, worth half a trillion dollars. Their graphics cards sell out like gangbusters the second they come onto the market.

Courtesy of Asianometry on YouTube. Watch on YouTube ↗

Sponsored

More Technology Documentaries

Cicada 3301: An Internet Mystery2018•18m•HD•★8.9The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz2014•1h 45m•HD•★8.7How Big Oil Conquered the World2017•1h 11m•HD•★8.6Tesla: Master of Lightning2016•1h 26m•HD•★8.6The Future of Humanoid Robotics | Jonathan Hurst | TEDxPortland2026•20m•HD•★7.7Why Is MIT Making Robot Insects?2025•21m•4K•★7.7AI: Are We Programming Our Own Extinction? | Vice News2024•22m•HD•★7.7Europe’s Mega Port: The Giant Logistics Hub of Rotterdam | FD Engineering2026•47m•HD•★7.7Hack Your DNA with CRISPR2018•47m•HD•★8.1The Birth of Silicon Valley: The Hippies Who Built the First PC2025•52m•HD•★8China’s EV shame: the deadly reality behind the ‘clean, green’ electric vehicles2025•44m•HD•★7.9Modern Aerospace Construction: The Manufacture of a Hightech Plane | FD Engineering2024•51m•HD•★7.8