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This Mark Harris guy observed way back in 2002 that more and more computer scientists were using GPUs (e.g. Nvidia's GeForce 3) for non-graphics applications: in particular, matrix multiplication. Only a GPU can do matrix multiplication (at least, way back then) because as matrices get larger, the computational complexity increases cubically - but so does their ability to explain real-world problems in ...
— Jan 30, 2026 06:59AM
This Mark Harris guy observed way back in 2002 that more and more computer scientists were using GPUs (e.g. Nvidia's GeForce 3) for non-graphics applications: in particular, matrix multiplication. Only a GPU can do matrix multiplication (at least, way back then) because as matrices get larger, the computational complexity increases cubically - but so does their ability to explain real-world problems in ...
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Isaac Chan
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the customers themselves do - I cannot see now how this can be possible, but I suppose, management consultants possess this skill. The salesforce's job was to anticipate how much customers were willing to pay for Nvidia's superior products; Jensen would provide them with 'reinforcements'. And this echoes what the Trade Product division have said - Soh Fern.
— Feb 01, 2026 08:11AM
the customers themselves do - I cannot see now how this can be possible, but I suppose, management consultants possess this skill. The salesforce's job was to anticipate how much customers were willing to pay for Nvidia's superior products; Jensen would provide them with 'reinforcements'. And this echoes what the Trade Product division have said - Soh Fern.
Isaac Chan
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This, in Jensen's eyes, was a failure on Moore's part to KYC - Jensen expected each salesperson to be the 'CEO of your accounts'. I, ofc, wish on a daily basis to aspire to this lofty goal - practical constraints (like time itself! And limited attention) hinder me from reaching this ideal, but I strive to improve.
Jensen also expected the Nvidia ARMs to know more about their customers' businesses than ...
— Feb 01, 2026 08:11AM
This, in Jensen's eyes, was a failure on Moore's part to KYC - Jensen expected each salesperson to be the 'CEO of your accounts'. I, ofc, wish on a daily basis to aspire to this lofty goal - practical constraints (like time itself! And limited attention) hinder me from reaching this ideal, but I strive to improve.
Jensen also expected the Nvidia ARMs to know more about their customers' businesses than ...
Isaac Chan
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Possibly the passage in this book that rings the most for my current role - Derik Moore's (a top salesperson at Nvidia) meeting with the HP execs that Jensen joined. The HP execs caught Jensen with a surprise request by demanding Nvidia indemnify the full value of their (HP's) servers; Jensen countered that this is unreasonable, and negotiated to only cover the cost of HP's annual purchases of Nvidia chips.
— Feb 01, 2026 08:10AM
Possibly the passage in this book that rings the most for my current role - Derik Moore's (a top salesperson at Nvidia) meeting with the HP execs that Jensen joined. The HP execs caught Jensen with a surprise request by demanding Nvidia indemnify the full value of their (HP's) servers; Jensen countered that this is unreasonable, and negotiated to only cover the cost of HP's annual purchases of Nvidia chips.
Isaac Chan
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diverse fields.
My immediate thought was whether this same technology is used by trading firms to do matrix pricing for thinly traded securities. And I was proven right almost immediately as the author moves on to discuss the applications of GPUs in the early 2000s for things like options pricing.
— Jan 30, 2026 06:59AM
diverse fields.
My immediate thought was whether this same technology is used by trading firms to do matrix pricing for thinly traded securities. And I was proven right almost immediately as the author moves on to discuss the applications of GPUs in the early 2000s for things like options pricing.
Isaac Chan
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'His (Jensen's) ability to place the right major bets on emerging technologies stems from his deep technical knowledge ...' ok this is particularly interesting to me. As someone who doesn't work in a technical field - my CEO's decisions wouldn't need to rely on deep technical knowledge. This contrast is smtg I want to pay attention to throughout this book.
— Jan 10, 2026 07:17AM
