NVIDIA Launches Visual Computing Industry’s First Emerging Companies Summit at NVISION 08

    SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 16 /EMWNews-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA

Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, today

announced the Emerging Companies Summit, a two-day conference on August

26-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, aimed squarely at entrepreneurs,

venture capitalists, and investment bankers who are focused on learning

more about the visual computing industry. The Emerging Companies Summit,

sponsored by Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Morgan Stanley, and RR Donnelley

will be held at the NVISION(R) 08 conference in San Jose, California, and

include tracks focusing on CUDA and high-performance computing; visual

computing; lifestyle computing; and gaming.



    



    "Our first-ever NVIDIA Emerging Companies Summit provides a unique and

exciting venue for our attendees to meet some of the most relevant and

creative companies, and people, who are passionate about visual computing

and the GPU," said Jeff Herbst, vice president of business development at

NVIDIA. "Our goal is for the summit to serve as a catalyst for innovation

and business opportunities throughout the visual and high-performance

computing ecosystems."



    In addition to presentations by over 60 companies leveraging the power

of GPUs for both visual and high-performance computing applications, the

Emerging Companies Summit will also include panel discussions on the role

of the GPU in modern computing, as well as a "fireside chat" with Jen-Hsun

Huang, NVIDIA president and CEO, to be moderated by prominent industry

analyst, Jon Peddie. Emerging companies scheduled to participate include

Acceleware, Cooliris, Elemental Technologies, Emergent Game Technologies,

MotionDSP, NaturalMotion, Right Hemisphere, and more.



    "NVIDIA's Emerging Companies Summit is the first conference to bring

together leading investors and entrepreneurs to discuss the visual and

high- performance computing ecosystems -- its components, its challenges,

and the promises it holds for the future of computing," said Torsten Reil,

CEO of NaturalMotion. "We look forward to participating in the summit and

being part of an event that is changing the face of technology."



    To register for the Emerging Companies Summit at NVISION 08, please go

to: http://www.nvision2008.com/Professionals/emerging-companies-summit.cfm

    About NVIDIA



    NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) is the world leader in visual computing

technologies and the inventor of the GPU, a high-performance processor

which generates breathtaking, interactive graphics on workstations,

personal computers, game consoles, and mobile devices. NVIDIA serves the

entertainment and consumer market with its GeForce(R) products, the

professional design and visualization market with its Quadro(R) products,

and the high-performance computing market with its Tesla(TM) products.

NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. and has offices throughout

Asia, Europe, and the Americas. NVIDIA's inaugural NVISION 08 conference

will be held August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, Calif. For more information,

visit http://www.nvidia.com and http://www.nvision08.com.



    Certain statements in this release including, but not limited to,

statements as to the benefits and impact of the Emerging Companies Summit

and NVISION 08; the attendees of NVISION 08 and the Emerging Companies

Summit; and the future of computing are forward-looking statements that are

subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be

materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause

actual results to differ materially include: lower than anticipated

attendance at NVISION 08; cancellation of an event at NVIDIA 08; the impact

of technological development and competition; slower than anticipated

adoption of a new industry standard or interface; design, manufacturing or

software defects in our products; as well as other factors detailed from

time to time in the reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange

Commission including its Form 10-Q for the period ended April 27, 2008.

Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on our website and are

available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward- looking statements are

not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof,

and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update

these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.



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registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and/or other

countries. All other company and/or product names may be trade names,

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which they are associated.