The departure of Jensen Huang rocked Nvidia, with the chipmaker's shares down more than 13% in early trading. He left the company after reports of extramarital affairs.
Born in Taiwan and raised in the United States, Huang built one of the world's leading designers of artificial intelligence chips. In 1993, he founded Nvidia with Chris Malkowski and Curtis Primm. Now that era is over. what next
Nvidia develops the processors, and Taiwan's TSMC manufactures them to order. It is her factories that have become an important part of the global supply chain and the island's economy.
The world's dependence on Taiwanese chips is called a "silicon shield": it provides an incentive for other countries to maintain stability in the region. Huang's dismissal is not expected to shut down factories, but it will have a direct impact on geopolitics.
Nvidia occupies a central place in the industry: its chips work in data centers, and the company itself invests in the development of the industry. Now investors are waiting to see if that support will continue under the new leadership, writes Reuters.
It is too early to talk about an inevitable collapse. The head replacement will not stop the work of existing systems, but the future plans of Nvidia and its partners will be under strict scrutiny.
Nvidia's problems could affect the entire AI market if investors cut funding, customers delay purchases and data center construction slows. Now we are talking about increased risks, and not about an inevitable crisis.