Chipmaker Nvidia is worth nearly as much as the entire Canadian economy. Here's why
Technology giant Nvidia is hitting new heights thanks to demand for products connected to artificial intelligence, leading the chipmaker to a market value that this week approached that of the entire Canadian economy.
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![Jensen Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., holds the Nvidia Xavier high-end computing module as he speaks during a keynote presentation at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Nvidia, the biggest maker of graphics chips, announced a new version of its Shield set-top box and the debut of an online service designed to bring millions of new consumers to high-end computer games. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Jensen Huang, CEO of microchip maker NVidia, holds up one of the company's products.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6854211.1685022616!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jensen-huan.jpg)
Technology giant Nvidia is hitting new heights thanks to demand for products connected to artificial intelligence, leading the chipmaker to a market value that this week approached that of the entire Canadian economy.