Breakthrough

Nvidia had some success but their breakthrough would come with the introduction of the RIVA TNT graphics adapter . The following year , the company released the GeForce 256 , which had on-board transformation and lighting . The GeForce comfortably led competitors .

Success

Nvidia won the contract to develop graphics hardware for Microsoft ’ s Xbox and would go on to provide similar services to Sony for the Playstation 3 . A slew of acquisitions and awards made Nvidia a household name in graphics .

Cambridge-1

The benefits of using the awesome power of graphics hardware to process other data was not lost on Nvidia , which announced plans to build the Cambridge-1 , the UK ’ s most powerful computer . The company ’ s future in AI hardware development is virtually secure .

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