1996 GPU failure led to Nvidia's rebound with RIVA 128 chip in 1997, per CEO Jensen Huang.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who co-founded the company in 1993 with no idea of how to start a business, reveals that his inexperience likely prevented him from giving up. Despite a failed GPU in 1996 that almost led to Nvidia's collapse, the company rebounded with the successful RIVA 128 chip in 1997. Huang credits entrepreneurial success to a mindset of underestimating challenges and asking "How hard can it be?"
May 11, 2024
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