Nvidia名由來揭秘:綠眼睛背後的野心

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Nvidia 究竟係咩意思?

雖然 Nvidia 最初係一間細細嘅公司,但佢哋嘅野心絕非等閒。創辦人憧憬打造出超級先進嘅晶片,令其他競爭對手都想追隨佢哋嘅腳步。目標唔單止係參與顯示卡市場,而係要創造出一種技術,成為行業嘅新標準,令人羨慕。呢個理念深植於公司根基,亦反映喺公司名稱上——「Nvidia」源自拉丁文「invidia」,意思係「羨慕」。

喺創業初期,Nvidia 創辦人致力研發能處理3D視覺同遊戲嘅處理器,呢啲係普通CPU未能勝任嘅任務。多年來,佢哋由生產性價比高嘅顯示卡,逐步擴展到打造整套並行運算架構,徹底改變咗市場格局。Nvidia 從一間細細嘅初創公司,變成全球GPU巨頭,呢個故事充滿時機掌握、技術洞察同埋無比嘅野心,而一切都係由佢哋名字嘅有趣由來開始。

公司名稱同創立歷程

Nvidia 由黃仁勳(Jensen Huang)、Chris Malachowsky 同 Curtis Priem 於1993年4月5日創立。三位創辦人發現CPU唔適合做即時3D渲染呢啲計算密集且高度並行嘅工作,所以決定專注於圖形處理器,而唔係通用處理器。公司總部設喺加州聖克拉拉,早期採用「無廠房」模式,只負責設計同銷售晶片,生產則交畀第三方工廠,令Nvidia能夠快速擴張,無需負擔昂貴嘅工廠成本。

關於Nvidia點解會有呢個名字嘅故事就幾有趣。最初三人試過用佢哋名字嘅字母組合,例如「Primal Graphics」(由Priem同Malachowsky組成),但呢個名冇包涵黃仁勳。佢哋一時諗唔到一個能夠融合三人名字嘅好名,所以暫時用咗「NV」作為設計同文件嘅代號,代表「Next Version」(下一版本)。由此引發咗「Nvision」嘅構思,但呢個名太接近「Envision」,一間衛生紙公司嘅名,所以唔得。

最後,三位創辦人選擇咗Nvidia,係對拉丁文「invidia」嘅巧妙改寫,強調佢哋想打造令其他人羨慕嘅產品。公司嘅視覺形象亦支持呢個理念,標誌上有個眼睛圖案,配以綠色,象徵「green with envy」(忌妒的綠色)。咁樣,品牌名稱、標誌同願景成功融為一體。

由遊戲顯示卡到人工智能時代

而家,Nvidia 被視為人工智能革命嘅基石。雖然公司最初係以針對PC玩家嘅顯示卡打響名堂,但佢哋嘅晶片而家已經用於數據中心、自動駕駛汽車、機械人、大規模AI訓練,甚至推出咗兩款全新個人AI超級電腦。Nvidia 表示,1999年GPU嘅發明「點燃咗PC遊戲市場嘅發展,重新定義電腦圖形,並引爆現代人工智能時代」。為即時圖形渲染而開發嘅晶片架構,恰好適合神經網絡所需嘅並行運算,令Nvidia成功將遊戲圖形技術轉化成加速計算市場嘅領導者。

不過,競爭亦越來越激烈。AMD同Intel等對手持續加碼投資GPU同加速器市場。儘管如此,Nvidia依然係行業標杆。好多AI研究員同企業都偏好用Nvidia嘅晶片,因為佢哋擁有完善嘅軟件生態系統、開發工具(例如CUDA),同埋卓越嘅性能表現。Nvidia 目前掌握咗80%嘅AI加速器市場份額。喺汽車領域,Nvidia嘅平台支持自動駕駛同先進駕駛輔助系統所需嘅硬件同軟件。

由最初專注於遊戲顯示卡,Nvidia 已經擴展成為涵蓋娛樂、工業、自主移動等多個領域嘅通用高性能計算供應商。以「羨慕」為名,Nvidia 今日亦成為業界羨慕嘅對象。

評論與啟發

Nvidia 呢個名字背後嘅意義,真係好有深度同心思。佢唔係簡單嘅品牌標籤,而係一個野心勃勃嘅宣言——打造令競爭對手羨慕嘅技術。呢種自信同決心,正好反映咗創辦人對技術創新嘅執著同長遠眼光。

更有趣嘅係,Nvidia 由一個專注遊戲顯示卡嘅小公司,成功轉型成為AI同高性能計算嘅領頭羊,證明咗技術跨界嘅可能性。佢哋善用GPU並行運算嘅特性,搖身一變成為AI時代嘅核心動力,呢個轉型正係企業應對快速變遷嘅典範。

不過,面對AMD、Intel等強勁對手嘅追趕,Nvidia未來仍需不斷創新,保持領先地位。佢哋能否繼續以「羨慕」為目標,帶領行業向前,將係科技界一大看點。

最後,Nvidia嘅故事提醒我哋,品牌命名唔單止係市場策略,更係企業文化同願景嘅體現。呢種從名字開始嘅深刻理念,值得其他創業者深思同借鑒。

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