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Curtis R. Priem (born 1958 or 1959) is an American electrical engineer. Career. He received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982. He designed the first graphics processor for the PC, the IBM Professional Graphics Adapter.
Nov 26, 2023 · Curtis Priem. That includes a $6 million home near Fremont, California where he lives off the grid with unreliable cell service and writes “manifestos” filled with equations about how...
Nov 27, 2023 · Jensen Huang's name is tied indelibly to Nvidia, but he's not the company's sole founder: Curtis Priem was Nvidia’s first CTO and one of the three co-founders of the iconic PC...
Apr 5, 2024 · Priem is the forgotten cofounder of Nvidia mostly due to his early retirement, stock sellout, and move off the grid—but he is a remarkable inventor with almost 200 U.S. and international...
Nov 28, 2023 · Curtis Priem founded Nvidia alongside Huang and Chris Malachowsky on April 5, 1993. The former CTO was recently profiled by Forbes, and it's an interesting read.
Nov 29, 2023 · Curtis Priem, one of the less-known cofounders of Nvidia, could've been the 16th richest person in America if he kept all his stock from the company before leaving in...
Nov 26, 2023 · Curtis Priem wanders across a wooden stage before coming to a standstill a few feet right of center. It’s one of the “acoustic sweet spots” in the 1,165-seat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute concert hall that the Nvidia cofounder donated $40 million to construct between 2003 and 2008.
May 25, 2023 · After watching cartoonish PC games, he and cofounders Chris Malachowsky (currently Nvidia's senior technology officer) and Curtis Priem (who retired in 2003) founded Nvidia in 1993, spying a...
Jun 20, 2024 · Three engineers — Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem — gathered at the diner in what is now the heart of Silicon Valley to discuss building a computer chip that would make graphics for video games faster and more realistic.
May 19, 2024 · Curtis Priem is donating more than $75 million to help Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute become a hub for a cutting-edge technology.