Why does Nvidia invest in AI research?
I have seen many interesting research works being published by Nvidia. However, the works do not seem to be very relevant to Nvidia's core business. Some examples include StyleGAN, SPADE, and InstantNGP. Do these research teams generate any revenue? #tech
NVIDIA hzrdusmate Apr 9, 2022
Yes, they are doing research only possible with massive parallel computing mostly using GPUs.
NVIDIA hzrdusmate Apr 9, 2022
And here the research team is getting stronger and stronger
Apple iTunes Apr 9, 2022
These research *can* become the building blocks of core businesses. I guess neural rendering and neural scene reconstruction are helping their efforts to build their self-driving simulation environments, which is their core business "Omniverse"
NVIDIA coolpm3 Apr 9, 2022
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Uber Vegas_OG Apr 9, 2022
To sell GPUs obviously.
EA Petri Dish Apr 9, 2022
Raytracing in real-time requires ML.
NVIDIA thyrsaadm Apr 9, 2022
To sell ads, senator.
NVIDIA _GoodMan_ Apr 9, 2022
LOL.
Few people/companies have the capabilities or financial incentive to seriously research AI/ML. NVIDIA makes money through selling GPUs, so by investing in advancing the state of the art and accessibility of AI/ML they increase the size of the market demand for GPUs, and therefore make more money for themselves.