{"id":18577,"date":"2025-04-20T14:37:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/the-thinking-machine-jensen-huang-nvidia-and-the-worlds-most-coveted-microchip-review\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:37:52","slug":"the-thinking-machine-jensen-huang-nvidia-and-the-worlds-most-coveted-microchip-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/the-thinking-machine-jensen-huang-nvidia-and-the-worlds-most-coveted-microchip-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World\u2019s Most Coveted microchip \u2013 review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Witt\u2019s entertaining study of the rise of chip company Nvidia portrays its leader, Jensen Huang, as a remarkable entrepreneur \u2013 sometimes energised by anger<\/p>\n

This is the latest confirmation that the \u201cgreat man\u201d theory of history continues to thrive in Silicon Valley. As such, it joins a genre that includes Walter Isaacson\u2019s twin tomes on Steve Jobs<\/a> and Elon Musk<\/a>, Brad Stone\u2019s book on Jeff Bezos<\/a>, Michael Becraft\u2019s on Bill Gates, Max Chafkin\u2019s on Peter Thiel<\/a> and Michael Lewis\u2019s on Sam Bankman-Fried<\/a>. Notable characteristics of the genre include a tendency towards founder worship, discreet hagiography and a Whiggish interpretation of the life under examination.<\/p>\n

The great man under Witt\u2019s microscope is the co-founder and chief executive of Nvidia, a chip design company that went from being a small but plucky purveyor of graphics processing units (GPUs) for computer gaming to its current position as the third most valuable company in the world.<\/p>\n

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World\u2019s Most Coveted Microchip<\/em> by Stephen Witt is published by Bodley Head (\u00a325). To support the Guardian<\/em> and Observer<\/em> order your copy at guardianbookshop.com<\/a>. Delivery charges may apply<\/p>\n

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\nStephen Witt\u2019s entertaining study of the rise of chip company Nvidia portrays its leader, Jensen Huang, as a remarkable entrepreneur \u2013 sometimes energised by anger
\nThis is the latest confirmation that the \u201cgreat man\u201d theory of history continues to thrive in Silicon Valley. As such, it joins a genre that includes Walter Isaacson\u2019s twin tomes on Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, Brad Stone\u2019s book on Jeff Bezos, Michael Becraft\u2019s on Bill Gates, Max Chafkin\u2019s on Peter Thiel and Michael Lewis\u2019s on Sam Bankman-Fried. Notable characteristics of the genre include a tendency towards founder worship, discreet hagiography and a Whiggish interpretation of the life under examination.
\nThe great man under Witt\u2019s microscope is the co-founder and chief executive of Nvidia, a chip design company that went from being a small but plucky purveyor of graphics processing units (GPUs) for computer gaming to its current position as the third most valuable company in the world.
\nThe Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World\u2019s Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt is published by Bodley Head (\u00a325). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen Witt\u2019s entertaining study of the rise of chip company Nvidia portrays its leader, Jensen Huang, as a remarkable entrepreneur \u2013 sometimes energised by anger This is the latest confirmation that the \u201cgreat man\u201d theory of history continues to thrive in Silicon Valley. As such, it joins a genre that includes Walter Isaacson\u2019s twin tomes …<\/p>\n

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