Nvidia

NVIDIA Corporation is a prominent visual computing company that specializes in graphics processing units (GPUs) and Tegra processors. The GPU segment includes products like GeForce for gaming, Quadro for design professionals, Tesla for artificial intelligence applications, and GRID for cloud-based graphics. The Tegra Processor segment focuses on mobile-cloud technologies, serving areas such as home entertainment, AI, and autonomous vehicles with products like DRIVE AGX and Jetson AGX. Founded in 1993 and based in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA's products are utilized across various markets, including gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and automotive sectors. The company markets its offerings to a diverse customer base, including original equipment manufacturers, system builders, automotive manufacturers, and cloud service providers. Beyond hardware, NVIDIA also supports startups through its accelerator program, helping them develop AI and data science innovations.

Vishal Dhupar

Managing Director Asia South

Dror Goldenberg

Senior Vice President Software Architecture - Networking

Rev Lebaredian

Vice President, Simulation Technology

Sonu Nayyar

Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President

Ajay Puri

Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations

Daniel Rohrer

Vice President Software Security

Marc Stampfli

Business Director Switzerland

Past deals in Hardware

READY Robotics

Venture Round in 2022
READY Robotics enables manufacturers to more easily deploy robots to the factory floor through a patented technology platform that combines a very easy to use programming interface and plug'n'play hardware. The company encourages manufacturers to be more competitive through the line of intuitive-to-use, easy to control industrial robotic software called Forge, which is a suite of products that requires minimum installation effort, no robotic or programming experience necessary. READY Robotics was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Ayar Labs

Series C in 2022
Ayar Labs, Inc. develops advanced optical interconnect solutions, specializing in high-density electronic-photonic chiplets and lasers. Its flagship product, TeraPHY, is a monolithic in-package optical I/O solution designed for applications demanding high bandwidth, low latency, and energy efficiency in short-reach interconnects. Complementing TeraPHY, the company offers SuperNova, a multiwavelength light source that provides continuous wave light essential for TeraPHY's operation. By utilizing patented technologies based on industry-standard silicon processing techniques, Ayar Labs aims to enhance interconnect bandwidth density while reducing power consumption, thereby transforming traditional electrical interconnects in the semiconductor and computing sectors. The company's innovations are applicable across various industries, including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, telecommunications, aerospace, and military applications. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Ayar Labs is committed to addressing the challenges posed by increasing data volumes through the miniaturization of fiber optic transceivers.

ARM

Acquisition in 2020
ARM Holdings, founded in 1990 and based in the United Kingdom, specializes in designing and licensing semiconductor intellectual property (IP). The company is the owner and developer of the ARM architecture, which is integral to a vast majority of smartphone CPU cores and widely used in various battery-powered devices such as wearables and tablets. Rather than manufacturing semiconductor chips, ARM licenses its IP to a diverse network of partners, allowing them to create and produce custom system-on-chip designs. ARM offers different types of licenses, including architectural licenses that enable clients like Apple and Qualcomm to modify the architecture to suit their specific requirements, as well as off-the-shelf designs for those seeking ready-made solutions. This business model positions ARM as a crucial player in the semiconductor industry, facilitating innovation across multiple sectors.

AGEIA Technologies

Acquisition in 2008
AGEIA Technologies, Inc. develops hardware-accelerated physics for PC games. It offers PhysX, a physics engine and processor that bridges the gap between static virtual worlds and responsive unscripted physical reality. The company’s PhysX processor also provides hardcore gamers and gaming enthusiasts with simulations of collisions, explosions, complex jointed geometries, fabrics, dense smoke and liquids, multiple objects and particles, and other physical effects. It also offers a software development kit to simplify physics programming and gaming consoles. AGEIA Technologies was founded in 2002 and is based in Santa Clara, California with an additional office in Mountain View, California. As of February 10, 2008, AGEIA Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation.

Hybrid Graphics

Acquisition in 2006
Hybrid Graphics Ltd., the leading developer of embedded 2D and 3D graphics software for handheld devices. This acquisition will enable the customers of both companies to deploy compelling graphics solutions for the entire worldwide handheld market.

ULi Electronics

Acquisition in 2005
ULi Electronics specializes in the design chipsets for core logic , multimedia and management devices. ULi Electronics Inc. is a Taiwanese company founded in December 2002 , headquartered in Taipei.

iReady

Acquisition in 2004
iReady is a manufacturing company that specializes in developing silicon based TCP/IP stack processing solutions. Their products are HDL designed implementations that can be reused in OEM designs. The company's patented TCP/IP stack technology provides full transport off-load for high performance Ethernet networking. iReady was founded by Mike Johnson in 1996 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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