【精選】黃仁勳破產前夕「沒有一間公司願意合作」只有台積電？！寫信給張忠謀「收到本人回電」打開輝達AI傳奇【台灣啟示錄】

Today's cover story features him, AI godfather Jensen Huang. After announcing its Q1 2024 financial report, Nvidia, founded by Huang, saw its stock price achieve another miracle, breaking the $1,000 mark and becoming the world's third-largest company by market capitalization. Huang's net worth has also increased from one trillion New Taiwan Dollars to over three trillion New Taiwan Dollars. Last year, he boldly predicted that the era of the AI-powered iPhone had arrived. Just as the launch of the Apple iPhone changed the world, AI will lead humanity into the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. At this crucial moment, we see Taiwan playing an absolutely key role. Today, we want to tell you Huang's story. He is a native of Tainan. His father was a chemical engineer, and his mother was a teacher. When Huang was nine years old, he and his older brother were sent to the United States by their parents to attend a church school in Oregon. Because he was the youngest, he was assigned the worst job: cleaning all the school's toilets. Sometimes he encountered troublesome students, but Huang says he persevered because growing up in that environment forged in him a strong will to survive. In fact, Nvidia faced bankruptcy twice in its first ten years. Jensen Huang survived thanks to his sheer will to live. We've heard many entrepreneurial success stories set in garages, but Huang's entrepreneurial journey began in an American chain restaurant. Three close friends would sit there for four or five hours, enjoying free refills of coffee, discussing Nvidia's future. Interestingly, this restaurant was Huang's first job; he washed countless dishes and cups there, so he often proudly calls himself the world's best dishwasher. Huang says that without TSMC, there would be no Nvidia, because Morris Chang truly helped Huang when Nvidia was on the verge of collapse. This was in 1995, when SEGA had already surpassed Nintendo, and its biggest competitor was the formidable Sony Playstation. To gain a leading position in the video game market, SEGA had to seize the opportunity presented by the transition from 2D to 3D computer games and shake off its rivals. At the time, Jensen Huang had just founded Nvidia and was fortunate enough to secure the contract for the SEGA Dreamcast console, a golden opportunity for the company. However, a strategic misstep led them astray. Continuing down this path would result in a technologically outdated product, but failing to fulfill the contract meant losing all payment and facing bankruptcy. Huang didn't want to take either path, so he decided to honestly report to SEGA's president, Shoichiro Iritsu. In short, Huang admitted his mistake; the console, even if completed, would be a failure, and he wouldn't finish it. "Although I haven't fulfilled the contract, I still hope you will pay me according to the contract." What kind of nonsense was this? Huang knew it was an unreasonable and absurd request, but he had no choice but to reluctantly ask. Surprisingly, Shoichiro Iritsu agreed. It's said that Huang was very impressed with the young man, believing him to be passionate and visionary, and was willing to trust him and give him another chance. Huang secured $5 million, giving him six months to develop the technology. With Morris Chang's assistance, they created RIVA 128, finally reviving Nvidia. Did you notice how similar the orange and green toys Huang mentioned look to the WALL-E I have here? Don't forget, Huang said that AI can make anything you can imagine a reality. He truly did. WALL-E is a 3D animated film released by Disney's Pixar in 2008, and this WALL-E is actually a remote-controlled toy. With a remote control, WALL-E can perform over a thousand different combinations of reactions, but Huang's orange and green toys don't need human control at all. They have their own intelligent little brains; when you speak, they listen carefully, understand what you say, observe the environment, and then react, interacting with the real world. What's even more impressive is that they all possess their own unique personalities and are constantly learning. No wonder we saw that host so excited after watching Nvidia's GTC conference, describing it as a monopoly of geniuses. Speaking of geniuses, many people naturally think of Steve Jobs. In fact, he and Jensen Huang share many similarities; for example, they both favor their signature all-black attire, and their every move at product launches exudes confidence and charisma. However, in terms of personality, Huang is far more approachable than the aloof Jobs. Everyone knows Huang enjoys visiting night markets and eating street food. The first time he was photographed buying fried dough twists alone at a night market, everyone was surprised—a tech tycoon with a net worth exceeding one trillion was actually strolling through a night market by himself! He readily agreed to take photos with anyone who asked. Moreover, reporters love interviewing him;...