It's not pure luck tho. The GPGPU research started in early 2000s IIRC. Nvidia had invested into it earlier than anyone and more than anyone. That's how they go

It's not pure luck tho. The GPGPU research started in early 2000s IIRC. Nvidia had invested into it earlier than anyone and more than anyone. That's how they got CUDA. Nvidia was ready for the next generation computing. It's just that no one, including Nvidia, knew when it's gonna hit the market.