Huang Renxun obtained a degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, and then obtained a master's degree from Stanford University. He worked successively in AMD and LSILogic.
Malakovsky, Prim, who worked at Sunmis, and Huang Renxun, who worked at Lsilogic, did market research at Denny's, studying industry competition, silicon prices, and the potential profit margins of unnamed companies. They were setting up a company and planned to leave their jobs, so they couldn't meet in each other's offices, so they chose Denny's as a neutral zone.
Huang Renxun has a lot of affection for Denny's. He was not good at public speaking originally. He had worked as a waiter at Denny's before. This work experience helped him get rid of his shyness and be able to communicate with strangers freely and meet people beyond his control. The scene also knows how to give in.
At the beginning of his business, Huang Renxun had to convince many people of the company's vision, including his own mother. When he announced that he would set up a company with friends to manufacture game chips, his mother persuaded him to get a job.
In its previous life, Nvidia was the world's largest graphics chip manufacturer and the leading company in graphics processors (GPUs).
CEO Huang Renxun is a low-key person, he is Chinese, and he is in Silicon Valley. During the entrepreneurial stage, Sun Jian, the richest Chinese man, must give strong support, which will not only gain the gratitude of the other party, but also be a profitable business.
As long as it is a high-tech company founded in Silicon Valley by overseas Chinese and former IT and Internet bosses, Atic's Wukong Angel Investment Fund will send special personnel to keep an eye on it. If there are plans to raise funds, they will send people to the door immediately.
In 1995, Nvidia's first chip nv1 hit a wall, and the company only had 30 days of working capital left. After hearing the news, Yu Jianguo came to the door on behalf of Wukong Angel Investment Fund to provide help at the right time, investing US$5 million in a round of financing, holding 40 shares. %, to support the development of nv2, one of the conditions is to enjoy the priority of Series B financing.
"Mr. Huang, Wukong Angel Investment Fund continues to be optimistic about NVIDIA's development prospects and invested US$20 million to participate in Series B financing."
On March 18, Nvidia suddenly announced that the company had successfully developed a graphics processing chip, Rivatnt, which has 1.5 times the performance of voodoo2. It uses a 350nm process technology and will be launched on May 1. Rivatnt will become the world's best-performing 3D graphics card.
The voodoo2 chip consists of three independent processors, one for polygon settings, two for material mapping, a maximum memory capacity of 12mb (4mb frame cache, 8mb texture cache), edoram, pci slot, triangle processing speed per second 3m, with a pixel fill rate of 90m per second, a display memory bandwidth of 192bit, and a data transmission bandwidth of 2.2gb. It is a 3D graphics card launched by 3dx company in November last year, establishing its dominance in the 3D graphics card market.
As soon as the news of rivatnt's upcoming release was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in the industry. Computer enthusiasts and professionals are looking forward to seeing the product as soon as possible.
On March 25, Nvidia announced that the company would issue an additional 10 million shares at a price of US$5 per share to conduct Series B financing, raising US$50 million to produce rivatnt, supplement sales and research and development funds, etc.
After completing the B round of financing, the company's total share capital will reach 22.5 million shares. Entrepreneurs such as Huang Renxun hold 7.5 million shares, and the shareholding ratio has dropped from 60% to 33.33%, becoming the second largest shareholder. However, the market value of the stocks held by everyone has dropped from 6 million US dollars, appreciated to 37.5 million US dollars.
The shareholding of Wukong Angel Investment Fund increased from 5 million shares to 9 million shares, and its shareholding continued to maintain 40%, becoming the largest shareholder.
"Thank you, Mr. Sun!"
Sun Jian sent another US$20 million in real gold and silver, and Huang Renxun became a multimillionaire in one fell swoop. If he could be listed on Nasdaq, he might become a billionaire.
Huang Renxun is not worried. Wukong Angel Investment Fund, owned by the world's richest man, has made a written commitment that as a strategic investor, it will not participate in the company's management.
The 3dx company, also headquartered in Silicon Valley, was founded in 1994 by designers Scarytarolli and Rosssmith from companies such as Silicon Valley Graphics, Digital Equipment Corporation, Mips Computer Systems, and Pellucid. The company's goal is to provide world-class performance at a reasonable price. The highest 3D gaming graphics card.
By the end of 1996, 3DX Company had become the dominant player in the field of 3D graphics cards and GPU manufacturing.
Wukong Angel Investment Fund invested a total of US$25 million in November 1995 and January 1997 respectively, participating in the A and B rounds of financing. It holds a total of 9 million shares of 3dx, accounting for 40% of the shares, and is also the largest shareholder. .
In March 1997, because 3dx needed to disclose information for its listing, it released the detailed parameters of Sega DC to the public, resulting in a breach of contract. The two companies went to court, causing Sega to terminate its cooperative relationship with 3dx and join forces with Nvidia instead.
"Mr. Huang, if Nvidia cannot find a foundry to produce rivatnt, Sugon Toshiba Wafer Company can do it. The quality is guaranteed and the price can be favorable."
"Thank you, Mr. Sun!"
Huang Renxun contacted IBM, HP, and IT wafer fabs, but they asked for higher prices. He planned to go to Taiwan to find TSMC. Since Sun Jian recommended its Sugon Toshiba Wafer Company for OEM production, the quality was guaranteed and the price could be favorable. Benefiting others and yourself, why not do it.
Graphics card (videraphicscard) full name is display interface card, also known as display adapter. It is one of the most basic configuration and most important accessories of the computer. As an important part of the computer host, the graphics card is a device for digital-to-analog signal conversion in the computer, responsible for output The task of displaying graphics.
Computer graphics cards are available from the beginning.
Early graphics cards were simply graphics cards that only played a role in signal conversion. Today's graphics cards generally have 3D screen calculations and graphics acceleration functions, so they are also called "graphics accelerator cards" or "3D accelerator cards."
The earliest graphics cards on computers were the two 2D accelerator cards installed on the 5150 personal computer launched by IBM in 1981. A "monochrome graphics card" was commonly known as MDA, and a "color graphics card" was commonly known as CGA.
Early graphics cards only contained simple memory and frame buffers. They actually only played a role in storing and transmitting graphics. All operations must be controlled by the CPU. This is sufficient for text and some simple graphics. But when it comes to processing complex scenes, especially some realistic three-dimensional scenes, this system alone cannot complete the task, so later developed graphics cards have graphics processing functions.
The world's first graphics card was installed with an isa slot, which was very long. Later, the requirements for images increased, and image calculations were handed over to the graphics card. This resulted in the rudimentary form of today's graphics cards. As the amount of pixel data increased, The graphics card slot also becomes pci.
In this era, there are eight major graphics card companies in the world, including irox, ati, 3dx, nvidia, s3, and trident.
Guozhi graphics cards began to emerge in the domestic graphics card market last year.
In the process of progressing from the 2D era to the 3D era, the emergence of the first independent graphics card Trident8900/9000 has cross-epochal significance.
