Nvidia
NVIDIA Corporation · NVDA
Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA) is a US chip designer best known for graphics processors and the AI accelerators that power data centers; it outsources manufacturing to contract foundries.
Company snapshot
- Listing
- Nasdaq: NVDA
- Founded
- 1993
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, California, US
- Industry
- Semiconductors (GPUs, AI accelerators)
- Website
- www.nvidia.com
What the company does
Nvidia was founded in California in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara. It made its name with graphics cards for gamers; today its core business is AI accelerators and networking gear for data centers. Nvidia designs chips but does not make them. Foundries such as TSMC handle production. It also supplies CUDA, the software platform developers use to program its GPUs.
How it makes money
Nvidia reports two segments: Compute & Networking and Graphics. In its 10-K for fiscal 2026 (ended January 2026), Compute & Networking accounted for roughly 90% of revenue. Its main buyers are large cloud providers and AI developers. Graphics covers gaming GPUs, professional visualization and automotive chips.
Why markets watch it
Nvidia's results are read as a check on whether Big Tech's AI spending is turning into actual chip orders. It carries a heavy weight in US stock indexes, so earnings day can move the whole market. In Korea, memory makers SK hynix and Samsung Electronics, which produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM), often trade on Nvidia's numbers and guidance. US export controls on chip sales to China are another swing factor for its outlook.