Jensen Huang, CEO of California-based chip manufacturer Nvidia, has said he expects to see the first fully autonomous cars on the roads in four years, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Reuters. Nvidia has thrived after expanding from designing graphics-processing chips into AI and high-performance computing, with its shares rising 170% during the past year, giving the company a valuation of $116bn. The car industry is also investing heavily in self-driving technology, including Alphabet’s Waymo unit that recently announced plans for an automated taxi service using driverless cars.
Jensen Huang, CEO of California-based chip manufacturer Nvidia, has said he expects to see the first fully autonomous cars on the roads in four years, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia has thrived after expanding from designing graphics-processing chips into AI and high-performance computing, with its shares rising 170% during the past year, giving the company a valuation of $116bn. The car industry is also investing heavily in self-driving technology, including Alphabet’s Waymo unit that recently announced plans for an automated taxi service using driverless cars.