Jensen Huang has a unique way of writing emails and hopes Nvidia employees will follow his example.
“You got into trouble,” one former worker warned Business Insider. The CEO of Nvidia is a faithful believer that messages have to be short to be effective.
Three former employees of the microchip maker noted that Huang’s emails are typically brief, no longer than six lines.
One of them compared this style to “TL;DR”, an acronym for “very long; I did not read it”. This former Nvidia employee commented: “From the beginning they explained to us that we should write direct and concise emails, and this practice applied throughout the company, not just at Jensen.”
“The idea was to specify what you have to say, send it, and if he or others need more information, then you have a conversation, not another email,” said another former employee.
Nvidia encourages its employees to send a weekly email to Huang and his direct supervisors detailing their top five priorities, with the goal of maintaining focus.
One former employee mentions that these lists allow Huang to “measure” activity within the company. Sometimes this leads you to recommend that employees from different departments or regions communicate and collaborate with each other. Nvidia has not commented on the matter.
Nvidia, the renowned company behind artificial intelligence chips used in technologies such as ChatGPT, has reported its financial results for the first quarter ended April 28, 2024.
Nvidia reported revenue of $26 billionrepresenting a growth of 18% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 262% compared to the same period last year.
Nvidia’s data center segment achieved record quarterly revenue of $22.6 billion, up 23% from Q4 2023. These figures demonstrate the growing demand for data center infrastructure to support artificial intelligence and other applications. advanced technologies.
In terms of earnings, GAAP earnings were $5.98 per share, up 21% from the prior quarter and up 629% from the same period last year. Non-GAAP earnings, adjusted for certain expenses, were $6.12 per share, up 19% from the prior quarter and 461% from last year.
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, attributes these gains to artificial intelligence, stating that “the next industrial revolution has begun” and that companies and countries are partnering with Nvidia to transform traditional data centers into accelerated computing.
Huang noted that the growth in the data center business is due to the strong and growing demand for generative AI technology, especially on the Hopper platform. This technology facilitates the training and execution of advanced artificial intelligence models.
Demand for hardware to develop artificial intelligence comes from cloud service providersconsumer internet companies, enterprise customers, automotive and healthcare sectors.
Nvidia processors are essential for the operation of technologies from companies such as Google, Microsoft and OpenAIwho have mentioned Nvidia as a crucial partner in their most recent product presentations.
In other business segments, the ‘Gaming’ area reported revenues of $2,647 million, an increase of 18% compared to the previous year.
‘Professional Visualization’ brought in $427 million, showing a growth of 45% year-on-year. Finally, the ‘Automotive’ sector reported revenues of $329 million, an increase of 11% compared to the same period last year.
