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The Thinking Machine

Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip

AI tech giant Nvidia is the world's first $4-trillion company. It has shaped life as we know it. This is the inside story of the company that is inventing the future and its charismatic CEO Jensen Huang.

In June 2024, Nvidia became the most valuable corporation on Earth.

The Thinking Machine is the astonishing story of how a designer of videogame equipment conquered the market for AI hardware, and in the process reinvented the computer. It is the story of a determined entrepreneur who defied Wall Street to push his radical vision for computing, becoming one of the wealthiest men alive. And it’s the story of our awesome and terrifying AI future, as a new kind of microchip unlocks hyper-realistic avatars, autonomous robots, self-driving cars and new movies, art and books, generated on command.

Witt has a knack for explaining the science in ways that everyone can understand… A thrilling origin story... This is the rarest of books on tech – one that may just leave you feeling good about an entrepreneur founder and optimistic about the future

Sunday Times

About Stephen Witt

Details
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781529936520
  • Length: 272 pages
  • Price: £12.99