'He's to chips what Yoda's to the force'

Jensen Huang, the visionary founder of Nvidia, has profoundly impacted artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor technology, with the company's groundbreaking innovations reshaping the technology industry, said Sivakumar Sundaram, CEO-Publishing, at Bennett Coleman and Company Limited, which publishes this newspaper.

Setting the stage for ET Conversations with Huang in Mumbai on Saturday, Sundaram quoted science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." This sentiment, he said, captures the essence of Huang's work over the past three decades.

Sundaram likened Huang's contributions to that of Jedi Master Yoda, the fictional character from the Star Wars franchise, underscoring his transformative impact on the AI and the semiconductor industry.


"Jensen Huang is to semiconductors what Yoda is to the Force," Sundaram said. "Thanks to him, we no longer think of chips as what the British confusingly called crisps. They have become vital components integrated into all aspects of our lives."