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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Phillip Inman

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Why has nvidia driven stock markets to record highs - The Untold Story

 The Nvidia logo on a smartphone with the initials ‘AI’ in the background.
Nvidia makes the chips that are crucial to training and operating AI systems because they can carry out the immense data crunching required. Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Investor excitement over artificial intelligence reached a new peak this week when better-than-expected results from chipmaker Nvidia drove stock markets in three continents to record highs.

The rally began on Thursday and continued into Friday, as Nvidia overtook Google’s parent group, Alphabet, to become the third most valuable company in the US. Its market capitalisation hit $2tn (£1.58tn), surpassed only by Microsoft and Apple.

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