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=== 2020–2023 === In May 2020, Nvidia announced it was acquiring [[Cumulus Networks]].<ref name=Techcrunch>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/nvidia-acquires-cumulus-networks/ |title=Nvidia acquires Cumulus Networks |website=Techcrunch |date=May 4, 2020 |accessdate=December 10, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202232648/https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/nvidia-acquires-cumulus-networks/|url-status=live}}</ref> Post acquisition the company was absorbed into Nvidia's networking business unit, along with [[Mellanox Technologies|Mellanox]]. In May 2020, Nvidia's developed an [[open source|open-source]] [[ventilator]] to address the shortage resulting from the global [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA's top scientist develops open-source ventilator that can be built with $400 in readily-available parts |url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/01/nvidias-top-scientist-develops-open-source-ventilator-that-can-be-built-with-400-in-readily-available-parts/ |access-date=May 1, 2020 |website=TechCrunch |date=May 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403000745/https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/01/nvidias-top-scientist-develops-open-source-ventilator-that-can-be-built-with-400-in-readily-available-parts/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On May 14, 2020, Nvidia officially announced their Ampere GPU microarchitecture and the Nvidia A100 GPU accelerator.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidias-new-ampere-data-center-gpu-in-full-production |title=NVIDIA's New Ampere Data Center GPU in Full Production |website=NVIDIA Newsroom|access-date=March 3, 2024|archive-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317085025/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidias-new-ampere-data-center-gpu-in-full-production|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/a100/ |title=NVIDIA A100 GPUs Power the Modern Data Center |website=NVIDIA|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116101004/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/a100/|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2020, it was reported that Nvidia was in talks with [[SoftBank Group|SoftBank]] to buy [[Arm (company)|Arm]], a UK-based chip designer, for $32 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Massoudi |first1=Arash |last2=Bradshaw |first2=Tim |last3=Fontanella-Khan |first3=James |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Nvidia in talks to buy Arm from SoftBank for more than $32bn |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4ed67726-1a56-4ce2-9d62-a5ec2a8f35b5 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/4ed67726-1a56-4ce2-9d62-a5ec2a8f35b5 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref> On September 1, 2020, Nvidia officially announced the [[GeForce 30 series]] based on the company's new [[Ampere (microarchitecture)|Ampere]] microarchitecture.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-delivers-greatest-ever-generational-leap-in-performance-with-geforce-rtx-30-series-gpus |title=NVIDIA Delivers Greatest-Ever Generational Leap with GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs |publisher=NVIDIA |date=September 1, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307043052/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-delivers-greatest-ever-generational-leap-in-performance-with-geforce-rtx-30-series-gpus |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/introducing-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards/ |title=GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards: The Ultimate Play |publisher=NVIDIA |date=September 1, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119111623/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/introducing-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On September 13, 2020, Nvidia announced that they would buy Arm from SoftBank Group for $40 billion, subject to the usual scrutiny, with the latter retaining a 10% share of Nvidia.<ref name="Arm acquired">{{Cite web |last=Moorhead |first=Patrick |title=It's Official- NVIDIA Acquires Arm For $40B To Create What Could Be A Computing Juggernaut |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2020/09/13/its-officialnvidia-acquires-arm-for-40b-to-create-what-could-be-a-computing-juggernaut/ |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203191926/https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2020/09/13/its-officialnvidia-acquires-arm-for-40b-to-create-what-could-be-a-computing-juggernaut/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NVIDIA bought">{{Cite news |last=Rosoff |first=Matt |date=September 13, 2020 |title=Nvidia to buy Arm Holdings from SoftBank for $40 billion |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/nvidia-to-buy-arm-holdings-from-softbank-for-40-billion.html |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116110046/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/nvidia-to-buy-arm-holdings-from-softbank-for-40-billion.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Arash Massoudi |last2=Robert Smith |last3=James Fontanella-Khan |date=September 12, 2020 |title=SoftBank set to sell UK's Arm Holdings to Nvidia for $40bn |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6bfe40a5-2426-4743-98cd-6fed9dd01b98 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/6bfe40a5-2426-4743-98cd-6fed9dd01b98 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NVIDIA to Acquire Arm">{{cite press release |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai |title=NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion, Creating World's Premier Computing Company for the Age of AI |date=September 13, 2020 |access-date=November 21, 2020 |website=NVIDIA |language=en |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914001340/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai |url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Neuer Testbericht der RTX 2080 (Ti) (极客湾Geekerwan) 15.png|thumb|Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, part of the [[RTX 20 series]], which is the first generation of [[Nvidia RTX]]]] In October 2020, Nvidia announced its plan to build the most powerful computer in [[Cambridge]], England. The computer, called Cambridge-1, launched in July 2021 with a $100 million investment and will employ AI to support [[Medical open network for AI|healthcare research]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NVIDIA Launches UK's Most Powerful Supercomputer, for Research in AI and Healthcare |url=https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-launches-uks-most-powerful-supercomputer-for-research-in-ai-and-healthcare |website=nvidia.com |access-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220145313/https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-launches-uks-most-powerful-supercomputer-for-research-in-ai-and-healthcare |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grover |first1=Natalie |title=UK supercomputer Cambridge-1 to hunt for medical breakthroughs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/07/uk-supercomputer-cambridge-1-to-hunt-for-medical-breakthroughs |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220145311/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/07/uk-supercomputer-cambridge-1-to-hunt-for-medical-breakthroughs |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Jensen Huang, "The Cambridge-1 supercomputer will serve as a hub of innovation for the UK, and further the groundbreaking work being done by the nation's researchers in critical healthcare and drug discovery."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sam Shead |date=October 5, 2020 |title=Nvidia pledges to build Britain's largest supercomputer following $40 billion bid for Arm |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/05/nvidia-pledges-to-build-britains-largest-supercomputer.html |access-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117113400/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/05/nvidia-pledges-to-build-britains-largest-supercomputer.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Also in October 2020, along with the release of the [[Nvidia RTX]] A6000, Nvidia announced it is retiring its workstation GPU brand Quadro, shifting its product name to Nvidia RTX for future products and the manufacturing to be [[Ampere (microarchitecture)|Nvidia Ampere architecture]]-based.<ref name="Smith" /> In August 2021, the proposed takeover of Arm was stalled after the UK's [[Competition and Markets Authority]] raised "significant competition concerns".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Ryan |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Nvidia's $40 billion Arm takeover warrants an in-depth competition probe, UK regulator says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/20/nvidia-arm-deal-warrants-in-depth-competition-probe-uk-regulator-says.html|access-date=August 20, 2021 |website=CNBC |language=en|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820152448/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/20/nvidia-arm-deal-warrants-in-depth-competition-probe-uk-regulator-says.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2021, the [[European Commission]] opened a competition investigation into the takeover. The Commission stated that Nvidia's acquisition could restrict competitors' access to Arm's products and provide Nvidia with too much internal information on its competitors due to their deals with Arm. SoftBank (the parent company of Arm) and Nvidia announced in early February 2022 that they "had agreed not to move forward with the transaction 'because of significant regulatory challenges'".<ref name="wsj 20220208">{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-softbank-call-off-blockbuster-arm-deal-11644297283 |title=Nvidia, SoftBank Call Off Blockbuster Arm Deal |date=February 8, 2022 |first=Robert |last=Wall |publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212810/https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-softbank-call-off-blockbuster-arm-deal-11644297283 |url-status=live}}</ref> The investigation is set to end on March 15, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Jon |last2=Clark |first2=Mitchell |date=October 27, 2021 |title=EU opens formal investigation into Nvidia's Arm acquisition |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/27/22266504/nvidia-arm-deal-eu-formal-investigation-merger |access-date=October 28, 2021 |website=The Verge |language=en |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028130151/https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/27/22266504/nvidia-arm-deal-eu-formal-investigation-merger |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chee |first=Foo Yun |date=October 27, 2021 |title=Setback for Nvidia's $54 bln ARM bid as EU regulators open probe |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/setback-nvidias-54-bln-arm-bid-eu-regulators-open-probe-2021-10-27/ |access-date=October 28, 2021 |website=Reuters |language=en |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028130151/https://www.reuters.com/technology/setback-nvidias-54-bln-arm-bid-eu-regulators-open-probe-2021-10-27/ |url-status=live}}</ref> That same month, Nvidia was reportedly compromised by a cyberattack.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Titcomb |first=James |date=February 25, 2022 |title=US microchip powerhouse Nvidia hit by cyber attack |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/25/us-microchip-powerhouse-nvidia-hit-cyber-attack/ |access-date=February 25, 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225191134/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/25/us-microchip-powerhouse-nvidia-hit-cyber-attack/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2022, Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang mentioned that they are open to having Intel manufacture their chips in the future.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 24, 2022 |title=Nvidia Considering Intel as a Foundry to Manufacture its GPUs |language=en-GB |url=https://gamingindustry247.com/nvidia-considering-intel-as-a-foundry-to-manufacture-its-gpus/ |access-date=February 24, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809132902/https://gamingindustry247.com/nvidia-considering-intel-as-a-foundry-to-manufacture-its-gpus/ |url-status=live}}</ref> This was the first time the company mentioned that they would work together with Intel's upcoming foundry services. In April 2022, it was reported that Nvidia planned to open a new research center in [[Yerevan, Armenia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tech Giant NVIDIA to Open Research Center in Armenia |url=https://asbarez.com/tech-giant-nvidia-to-open-research-center-in-armenia/ |work=[[Asbarez]] |date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407233902/https://asbarez.com/tech-giant-nvidia-to-open-research-center-in-armenia/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2022, Nvidia opened Voyager, the second of the two giant buildings at its new headquarters complex to the west of the old one. Unlike its smaller and older sibling Endeavor, the triangle theming is used more "sparingly" in Voyager.<ref name="Shankland">{{cite news |last1=Shankland |first1=Stephen |title=Behold Nvidia's Giant New Voyager Building |url=https://www.cnet.com/pictures/behold-nvidias-giant-new-voyager-building/ |access-date=February 24, 2024 |work=CNET |date=May 5, 2022 |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224162056/https://www.cnet.com/pictures/behold-nvidias-giant-new-voyager-building/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Polly |title=See inside Nvidia's giant 'Voyager' HQ — a futuristic office where work meets nature |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-chipmaker-ai-boom-tech-office-california-2023-11 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |work=Business Insider |date=November 19, 2023 |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303033422/https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-chipmaker-ai-boom-tech-office-california-2023-11 |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2022, Nvidia announced its next-generation automotive-grade chip, [[Nvidia Drive#DRIVE Thor|Drive Thor]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Holt |first=Kris |date=September 20, 2022 |title=NVIDIA reveals its next-gen chipset for autonomous vehicles |url=https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-autonomous-vehicle-chipset-drive-thor-164538911.html |website=[[Engadget]] |access-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108035725/https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-autonomous-vehicle-chipset-drive-thor-164538911.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |last=CORPORATION |first=NVIDIA |date=September 20, 2022 |title=NVIDIA Unveils DRIVE Thor — Centralized Car Computer Unifying Cluster, Infotainment, Automated Driving, and Parking in a Single, Cost-Saving System |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519504/0/en/NVIDIA-Unveils-DRIVE-Thor-Centralized-Car-Computer-Unifying-Cluster-Infotainment-Automated-Driving-and-Parking-in-a-Single-Cost-Saving-System.html |access-date=September 20, 2022 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174224/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/09/20/2519504/0/en/NVIDIA-Unveils-DRIVE-Thor-Centralized-Car-Computer-Unifying-Cluster-Infotainment-Automated-Driving-and-Parking-in-a-Single-Cost-Saving-System.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2022, Nvidia announced a collaboration with the [[Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University|Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard]] related to the entire suite of Nvidia's [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]-powered healthcare software suite called Clara, that includes [[NVIDIA Parabricks|Parabricks]] and [[Medical open network for AI|MONAI]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Broad Institute and NVIDIA Bring NVIDIA Clara to Terra Cloud Platform Serving 25,000 Researchers Advancing Biomedical Discovery |url=http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/the-broad-institute-and-nvidia-bring-nvidia-clara-to-terra-cloud-platform-serving-25-000-researchers-advancing-biomedical-discovery |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=NVIDIA Newsroom |language=en-us}}</ref> Following [[U.S. Department of Commerce]] regulations which placed an [[China–United States trade war#Biden administration restrictions|embargo on exports to China]] of advanced microchips, which went into effect in October 2022, Nvidia saw its data center chip added to the export control list. The next month, the company unveiled a new advanced chip in China, called the A800 GPU, that met the export control rules.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Jane Lanhee |date=November 7, 2022 |title=Exclusive: Nvidia offers new advanced chip for China that meets U.S. export controls |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-nvidia-offers-new-advanced-chip-china-that-meets-us-export-controls-2022-11-08/ |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108035434/https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-nvidia-offers-new-advanced-chip-china-that-meets-us-export-controls-2022-11-08/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2023, [[Getty Images]] announced that it was partnering with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a new tool that lets people create images using Getty's library of licensed photos. Getty will use Nvidia's Edify model, which is available on Nvidia's [[generative AI]] model library Picasso.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23884679/getty-ai-generative-image-platform-launch |author=Emilia David |date=September 25, 2023 |title=Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images |work=Verge|access-date=September 26, 2023|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926213950/https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23884679/getty-ai-generative-image-platform-launch|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 26, 2023, Denny's CEO [[Kelli Valade]] joined Huang in East San Jose to celebrate the founding of Nvidia at Denny's on Berryessa Road, where a plaque was installed to mark the relevant corner booth as the birthplace of a $1 trillion company.<ref name="Witt" /><ref name="Takahashi">{{cite news |last1=Takahashi |first1=Dean |title=Jensen Huang returns to Denny's where trillion-dollar company began |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/jensen-huang-returns-to-dennys-where-trillion-dollar-company-began/ |access-date=September 28, 2023 |work=VentureBeat |date=September 26, 2023 |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928033322/https://venturebeat.com/games/jensen-huang-returns-to-dennys-where-trillion-dollar-company-began/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By then, Nvidia's [[Hopper (microarchitecture)|H100]] GPUs were in such demand that even other [[tech giant]]s were beholden to how Nvidia allocated supply. [[Larry Ellison]] of [[Oracle Corporation]] said that month that during a dinner with Huang at [[Nobu]] in [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], he and [[Elon Musk]] of [[Tesla, Inc.]] and [[xAI (company)|xAI]] "were begging" for H100s, "I guess is the best way to describe it. An hour of sushi and begging".<ref name="fitch20240226">{{Cite news |last=Fitch |first=Asa |date=February 26, 2024 |title=Nvidia's Stunning Ascent Has Also Made It a Giant Target |url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-vision-company-f05db212 |access-date=February 27, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |url-access=subscription |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227063751/https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-vision-company-f05db212 |url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2023, it was reported that Nvidia had quietly begun designing [[ARM architecture family|ARM-based]] central processing units (CPUs) for Microsoft's [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] operating system with a target to start selling them in 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nellis |first1=Stephen |last2=Cherney |first2=Max A. |date=October 24, 2023 |title=Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-make-arm-based-pc-chips-major-new-challenge-intel-2023-10-23/ |access-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024130802/https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-make-arm-based-PC-chips-major-new-challenge-intel-2023-10-23/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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