KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): Nvidia Corp chief executive officer Jensen Huang is expected to make his maiden visit to Malaysia this week.
Invitations have gone out to the media for a roundtable session with Huang this Friday.
The Taiwanese-American is also founder of the US-based graphics chip giant and a bigwig in the world’s leading tech hub ― Silicon Valley.
Huang, who is regularly seen donned with his trademark black leather jacket, was named as one of the 100 most influential people in AI by Time Magazine this year.
Nvidia provides technologies that power gaming PCs, data centres, AI applications, as well as generative AI.
Back in mid-2023, it became the world’s first chip company to breach a US$1 trillion market capitalisation.
It is currently unknown as to what the primary purpose of Huang’s visit to Malaysia is, but it is worth noting that the nation has seen a surge in foreign direct investments in the semiconductor space of late.
This includes from likes of other US-based chip companies, such as Texas Instruments, Micron and Intel.
Another development worth noting is that in March this year, YTL Communication Sdn Bhd’s YES 5G alongside Nvidia, brought Nvidia’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service to Malaysia. YTL Communications is 60% owned by YTL Power International Bhd.