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| Name = Nvidia Corporation | | Name = Nvidia Corporation | ||
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| Industry =Semiconductors | | Industry =Semiconductors | ||
| Official Website =https://www.nvidia.com/ | | Official Website =https://www.nvidia.com/ | ||
| Logo = | | Logo =Nvidia logo.svg | ||
|short_description={{{short_description}}}}}Nvidia Corporation is an American technology company that designs and sells [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit graphics processing units] (GPUs) for both commercial and enterprise use. It was founded on April 5, 1993, by current CEO (as of 2025) Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. The company is the largest providers of GPUs for both consumer and enterprise. | |short_description={{{short_description}}}}} | ||
'''{{Wplink|Nvidia|Nvidia Corporation}}''' is an American technology company that designs and sells [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit graphics processing units] (GPUs) for both commercial and enterprise use. It was founded on April 5, 1993, by current CEO (as of 2025) Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem. The company is the largest providers of GPUs for both consumer and enterprise. | |||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
Nvidia's perception of consumers waned as the enterprise wing of the company started financially outperforming the consumer wing. This has lead to the | Nvidia's perception of consumers waned as the enterprise wing of the company started financially outperforming the consumer wing. This has lead to the prioritization of enterprise products while the consumer products become less appealing. Nvidia on multiple accounts has employed deceptive practices such as to mislead the everyday buyer.{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable): | ||
* User freedom | * User freedom | ||
* User privacy | * User privacy | ||
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
=== Forced Arbitration === | |||
In Nvidia's terms of service regarding accessing their website, under "Informal Resolution" users are required to agree to resolve legal disputes with Nvidia by arbitration from Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=NVIDIA Legal Notices |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/about-nvidia/terms-of-service/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=NVIDIA |language=en-gb}}</ref> | |||
===Stagnation of Consumer GPU Offerings (''date'')=== | |||
Since assuming it's dominant position at the top of the consumer GPU market, Nvidia has been credibly accused of [[shrinkflation]] across it's entire product lineup.<ref>https://youtu.be/2tJpe3Dk7Ko?si=zP7STlfrJI0lmoAJ</ref> | |||
===12VHPWR Connector Failures (2022 - Present)=== | |||
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===RTX 50-series GPUs Missing ROPs (2025 - Present)=== | |||
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===Threatening Hardware Unboxed (''date'')=== | ===Threatening Hardware Unboxed (''date'')=== | ||
{{Main|link to the main article}} | {{Main|link to the main article}} | ||
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article). | Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article). | ||
===Data scraping without permission for AI training (2024)=== | |||
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Samantha |date=5 Aug 2024 |title=Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI |url=https://www.404media.co/nvidia-ai-scraping-foundational-model-cosmos-project/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414032908/https://www.404media.co/nvidia-ai-scraping-foundational-model-cosmos-project/ |archive-date=14 Apr 2025 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=404 Media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Jowi |date=6 Aug 2024 |title=Nvidia accused of scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of videos per day to train AI |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-accused-of-scraping-a-human-lifetime-of-videos-per-day-to-train-ai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211081108/https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-accused-of-scraping-a-human-lifetime-of-videos-per-day-to-train-ai |archive-date=11 Feb 2025 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Tom's Hardware}}</ref><!-- Elaborate on the scale of the data collection, companies that also do this, and possibly how it ties into lobbying for no regulation --> | |||
===GeForce previews (''date'')=== | ===GeForce previews (''date'')=== | ||
===GeForce Partner Program (up to 2018)=== | |||
{{Main|{{wplink|GeForce Partner Program}}}} | |||
The program ended in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teeple |first=John |date=4 May 2018 |title=Pulling the Plug on GPP, Leaning into GeForce |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/05/04/gpp/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504191609/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/05/04/gpp/ |archive-date=4 May 2018 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Nvidia Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Forrest |first=Derek published |date=4 May 2018 |title=Nvidia Ends Notorious GeForce Partner Program |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ends-geforce-partner-program,37008.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325085921/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ends-geforce-partner-program,37008.html |archive-date=25 Mar 2025 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Tom's Hardware}}</ref><!-- Elaborate on why it was discontinued, and what the controversy was about --> | |||
===Threatening Gamers Nexus (''date'')=== | ===Threatening Gamers Nexus (''date'')=== | ||
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* [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents. | * [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents. | ||
* [[Example product line two]] (release date):}} | * [[Example product line two]] (release date):}} | ||
*[[RTX 5070]] (2025-03-05) | |||
*[[RTX 5060]] (2025-05-19) | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{ | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||