The bosses of rival chip giants Nvidia and AMD are cousins, researcher says (www.businessinsider.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 2023 14:00
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The bosses of rival chip giants Nvidia and AMD are cousins, researcher says::Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su are first cousins once removed, according to a genealogist.

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autotldr@lemmings.world on 06 Nov 2023 14:00 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The ties between Huang and Su are particularly interesting because Nvidia and AMD are both major US chipmakers with competing products, including in the artificial intelligence space.

Back in 2020, Su also confirmed their relationship at a Consumer Technology Association webinar, saying they are “distant relatives, so some complex second cousin type of thing.”

For context, Huang’s mother is a sister to Su’s grandfather, according to Jean Wu, a former Taiwanese journalist who now researches corporate families.

Huang’s aunt and uncle — who were recent migrants to Washington state at the time — sent Jensen and his brother to Oneida Baptist Institute in Kentucky.

Huang cofounded Nvidia in 1993 after working at chip companies LSI Logic and Advanced Micro Devices in a variety of roles.

He saw his fortune soar thanks to the boom in generative AI this year and is now worth around $40 billion, per Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.


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dwindling7373@feddit.it on 06 Nov 2023 14:36 next collapse

Why would you need a researcher for that? This is not some ancient history or something…

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 2023 14:40 next collapse

Its a tale as old as Pokemon season 1. I’m rooting for whoever’s Ash. In the alternative, if they are both Garys, well, I’d be ok with watching that too.

Not gonna lie, Gary is some top-shelf dousche-baggery. U gotta start that shit at birth, you can’t just 10,000 hours your way there in my respectful view.

RobotToaster@mander.xyz on 06 Nov 2023 14:44 next collapse

A researcher just discovered that nepotism exists.

ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de on 06 Nov 2023 19:51 collapse

That’s not how nepotism works.

dustyData@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 2023 16:13 next collapse

I swear to god I thought we already knew this.

5BC2E7@lemmy.world on 06 Nov 2023 16:25 collapse

This was never a secret.

WallEx@feddit.de on 07 Nov 2023 06:54 next collapse

So we have tech gossip now? Could live without it honestly …

danielfgom@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2023 14:40 collapse

That makes sense. I was always confusing them. Finally I know why!