Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: uncertainty
28 Mar 2022 Acquired Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)
“I don't know if they're using United or one of the other foundries in Taiwan, not TSMC.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 28 Mar 2022
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…I think they had generated some revenue, but it was still a third of the cash that they had in the entire bank account. They go down to six months until they cash out in the company. They get it done in a few months and then they call up their foundry. I don't know if they're using United or one of the other foundries in Taiwan, not TSMC. They're like, all right, we tape this thing out and send it to production. The foundries were like, you guys sure about that? They're like, yup, we're sure. Make 100,000 units. If I'm remembering right, I think NVIDIA basically was the only customer of that emulation software. That was a startup that really wasn't fully proven yet. NVIDIA was like, look, we literally have no options.…
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