Yeah, I wouldn't call it just luck, but I refuse to accept that they saw AI coming and blowing up like that any more than anybody else. It worked out for them t

Yeah, I wouldn't call it just luck, but I refuse to accept that they saw AI coming and blowing up like that any more than anybody else. It worked out for them that they created cuda (btw how much of that was related to acquiring that company that made physX and the according accelerator card?) and decided to stick with it, improve on it, and supply developers with superb tools. But again, I don't think there ever specifically was AI in that planning. It seemed like a step-by-step thing, provide additional value eg to games with physics simulation that would give gamers a reason to buy Nvidia over ati (as if driver quality alone wasn't already a strong argument ;)). The wise decision was to keep pushing cuda and not dropping the ball on it to cut costs in the short run, and realizing the potential of using it for scientific computation early on. Then one thing led to another. When AI came around, cuda was the only mature and serious framework for the job.