The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip

“So this is a super timely book because Nvidia, the company at the center of it, is the world’s most valuable company…The book paints a picture of a company that, through sheer drive—and also a lot of luck—has managed to put itself in a position to catch this vast wave of AI development. Only a few years ago, the idea of neural networks and generative AI was considered to be a bit hopeless—both in academic and engineering circles. And the origin of Nvidia’s microchips was in gaming, another area that was somewhat neglected. The chips were put together into these vast arrays. By linking together chips that had originally been designed for video games, they could do much more. So Huang’s vision and his drive and his eccentricities—he was a champion table tennis player, for example, at one point—come across very strongly in this book. It’s a really great read. I don’t have any judging influence, but it’s one of my favorites this year.” Read more...

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