NVIDIA Founder Chris Malachowsky Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall Of Fame
University of Florida alumnus who founded the computer graphics company NVIDIA is among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.
Chris Malachowsky, an alumnus of UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, was selected for inventing the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that transformed the visual computing industry by creating a consumer-oriented 3D graphics market. Under Malachowsky’s leadership, NVIDIA has evolved the GPU into a computer brain that intersects virtual reality, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence. He holds 35 U.S. patents.
Chris Malachowsky received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida in 1980.
