Nvidia $NVDA is a U.S. semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, that designs and sells graphics processing units (GPUs) and related computing hardware and software. A GPU is a type of chip originally built to render images for video games. It processes many calculations simultaneously, which also makes it well-suited for training artificial intelligence models. That capability transformed Nvidia from a niche gaming hardware maker into the central supplier of the infrastructure underpinning modern AI development.