NVIDIA, the company that co-developed the Nintendo Switch, is amazing

This is Nakauchi from the Technical Sales Department

Do you know the company NVIDIA?

I'm ashamed to say that I found out about it through co-development of the Nintendo Switch

I was interested so I looked into it!!

What kind of company is NVIDIA?

It is an American semiconductor manufacturer founded in 1993

market share in the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) market82%.
*The term GPU was coined by NVIDIA.

Reference sites ⇒ Nvidia graphics cards have achieved an 82% market share.
What is a GPU? ⇒ GPU - Wikipedia

In addition to the Nintendo Switch, we are also jointly developing GPUs for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox

Recently, attention has been focused on the field of AI (artificial intelligence)

deep learning calculations necessary to run AI
, GPUs are attracting attention because they are indispensable for the
(This is a very simplified explanation, so if you want to know more, please search for "AI deep learning GPU," etc.)

NVIDIA is currently collaborating with the following companies on AI:

Interesting stock prices

It has been declining a little recently, but it is still on a steady upward trend

As of March 7, 2016, the stock price was $32.34, which means that the stock has increased threefold in one year

This shows how much attention it is receiving

GPU-equipped servers are available at IDC Frontier

In Japan, IDC Frontier is selling servers equipped with GPUs

• Initial cost: 0 yen
• 440 yen per hour

It will be available on an hourly rate basis from March 3rd

If you are interested, please come!!

Reference site ⇒ IDC Frontier to offer NVIDIA's high-performance GPUs on an hourly billing basis, the first of its kind in Japan.

bonus

NVIDIA actually makes gaming consoles too

This one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZxDHY4twlE

It's called "NVIDIA SHIELD Portable"

There is also an official website in Japanese. ⇒ Official Japanese Website

It sells for 82,000 yen (new) on Amazon

It's expensive, isn't it?

Enjoy the rest!!