Did Don Huang really still have gamers as a priority anymore, though?
I think the point they are trying to make is… Huang may have seen a time when gamers were a part of their base… the new CEO will likely start from the position of datacenters only.
Lets put it this way, we’re downgrading from Mike Pence to JD Vance… yes the bar was on the floor… but they will find a way to go so much lower.
More reason for anyone to make the bubble burst faster.
He’s always pushed side stuff, like robots and AR and artificial datasets, even in the LLM boom. But he literally designed their first GPU; I think he was there too long to ever lose graphics as a priority in his mind.
Graphics isn’t just gaming. It never was. It’s forever been a mix of workstation stuff too.
The fear is that a new CEO will just look at Nvidia as an AI ASIC maker, specifically.
Funny how Nvidia spent years telling gamers they were the future, only for AI data centers to become the favorite child. Huang leaving might accelerate that shift, but blaming one CEO’s exit for expensive GPUs is generous. The real problem is that selling chips to billion dollar AI customers makes gamers look like a side quest.
Nvidia made GPUs for gamers? Recently? Where?
Depend on how recent your recent are. RTX 40 series is basically the last GPU they serve for gamer, by the time 50 series launch they already deep in bed with the chinese spy–i mean the AI rush.
