Nvidia (NVDA -2.25%) has been one of the best performing stocks over the past few years, a run that catapulted it into the world's most valuable company. But over the last month or two, it slipped to second place and then -- briefly -- to third, behind two other big tech companies, Apple and Microsoft.
Over the last two years, semiconductor designer Nvidia (NVDA -2.25%) has become a household name thanks to its lead position in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The company's bread and butter is a unique piece of hardware called the graphics processing unit (GPU).
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been around in some form or another for more than five decades. However, the advent of generative AI early last year took the technology to the next level.
Nvidia (NVDA -2.25%) has been the foundation of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Its graphics processing units power virtually all of the most advanced AI systems, and the company has a strong presence in adjacent markets like AI networking equipment and software development tools.
While it's still undoubtedly the most watched stock in tech, some of the heat surrounding Nvidia (NVDA -2.25%) seems to have cooled over the last few weeks. At this point, it's not enough for the company to post great numbers.
Long-term investment is the key to life-changing returns in the stock market, and few companies highlight this concept better than Nvidia (NVDA -2.25%). If you bought $1,000 worth of the chipmaker's stock 10 years ago, you would have roughly $267,000 today -- a return of 26,600%.
With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR and NVIDIA Corporation NVDA have witnessed parabolic gains, making them popular investments on Wall Street. This year, Palantir's shares have outperformed NVIDIA (+324.8% vs +177.2%).
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Once the world's leading producer of gaming-focused graphics processing units (GPUs), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has emerged as a juggernaut following the advent of the artificial intelligence revolution.
There's no doubt that Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is, and likely will continue to be, the most talked about stock for some time.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is treading on thin ice as it flirts with a critical support level.