{"id":27651,"date":"2019-09-25T15:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/?p=27651"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:36:12","slug":"nvidia-co-founder-chris-malachowsky-inducted-into-florida-inventors-hall-of-fame-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/ece\/nvidia-co-founder-chris-malachowsky-inducted-into-florida-inventors-hall-of-fame-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA Founder Chris Malachowsky Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><span style=\"color: revert; font-size: 1.875rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">University of Florida alumnus who founded the computer graphics company <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.875rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/\">NVIDIA<\/a><span style=\"color: revert; font-size: 1.875rem; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"> is among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/figure><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Malachowsky, an alumnus of UF\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Malachowsky received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida in 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridainvents.org\/chris-a-malachowsky\/\">Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris A. Malachowsky\" width=\"1640\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I1pukngFY5U?start=1&#038;feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Video courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTlyn5r0JZ55HE-4RJDlInQ\">Hal Dunn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gatorengineering\/albums\/72157711062821732' title='2019 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony by UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48795170997_f840929913_b.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='001-1'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>View photos from the induction ceremony held September 20, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Florida alumnus who founded the computer graphics company NVIDIA is among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. 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