Founded in 1993, NVIDIA is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.The company's early focus was on the graphics chip design business, and as the company's technology and business has evolved, it has grown to become an AI company that provides full-stack computing, focusing on the development of CPUs, DPUs, GPUs, and AI software for architectural engineering, financial services, scientific research, manufacturing, automotive, and other computing solutions . In 1999, NVIDIA invented the Graphics Processor (GPU), which dramatically boosted the PC gaming market and redefined computer graphics technology.In 2006, the invention of CUDA, a parallel computing platform and programming model, which had a major impact on subsequent AI technologies.In 2021, the release of NVIDIA Omniverse, a graphics simulation and emulation platform, which is designed to play a fundamental role in building the construction of the metaverse.