The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World's Most Coveted Microchip
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| Author | Stephen Witt |
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| ISBN | 978-0-593-83269-1 |
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World's Most Coveted microchip is a biography of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, written by Stephen Witt. It was given Financial Times Business Book of the Year in 2025.[1][2] It was also named a Best Book of 2025 by The Economist.[3]
Synopsis
The book covers Jensen Huang's childhood, where his parents sent him to America with his older brother, and accidentally placed them in a boarding school for troubled youths, to him becoming a champion of table tennis, starting Nvidia with two others, and its ups and downs. It also describes 30 years of the history of NVIDIA and considers the future of AI.[4]
Reception
The Guardian states "It's a great story and Witt tells it well."[5]
Publishers Weekly calls it "insightful".[6]
The NY Times' review says that the book "leaves us unsure of its subject's vision of the future, and Huang will probably never give a satisfying answer".[7]
References
- ↑ "Nvidia's Huang not that comfortable with success, says author". www.msn.com. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
- ↑ Hill, Andrew (December 3, 2025). "Stephen Witt wins FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year". www.ft.com. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
- ↑ "The 40 best books published so far this year". The Economist. June 5, 2025. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
- ↑ Koppany, Csaba (November 25, 2025). "Recommended reads autumn 2025: "The Thinking Machine" by Stephen Witt". www.schroders.com. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
- ↑ Naughton, John (April 20, 2025). "The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia and the World's Most Coveted microchip – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
- ↑ "The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved December 9, 2025.
- ↑ Notopoulos, Katie (April 5, 2025). "How Video Games Ushered In the A.I. Revolution". Archived from the original on April 9, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025.