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Sega's $5 Million Bet That Saved Nvidia—and Changed Gaming RAM Forever

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Source: Kotaku
Sega's $5 Million Bet That Saved Nvidia—and Changed Gaming RAM Forever
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Nvidia was nearly bankrupt in the mid-1990s until Sega’s Shoichiro Irimajiri invested $5 million, a gamble that kept Nvidia afloat and helped it develop the GeForce line and later support for Microsoft’s Xbox; now, Nvidia’s AI-driven chip demand is fueling RAM shortages and price spikes that ripple through consoles and PCs, reshaping the gaming landscape.

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