2009 HPCwire Readers' And Editors' Choice Awards Recognize Rise Of NVIDIA Tesla GPU Computing Solutions

Annual Industry Awards Affirm NVIDIA's Leadership in High Performance Computing Segment

PORTLAND, Ore.- SC09-Nov. 17, 2009-NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today received an unprecedented five awards in the annual HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards, which were presented at the SC09 conference, held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.

NVIDIA was recognized with the following honors:

Best HPC software product or technology

Editor's Choice: NVIDIA® CUDA™ architecture

Top 5 new products or technologies to watch

Readers' Choice: NVIDIA "Fermi" GPU

Top 5 new products or technologies to watch

Editors' Choice: NVIDIA Fermi GPU

Top 5 vendors to watch

Editors' Choice: NVIDIA

People to Watch in 2010

Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer, NVIDIA

"We're honored to receive a record five awards for our products and technologies in the HPC space, especially a Readers' Choice as this comes directly from the community," said Andy Keane, general manager, Tesla business at NVIDIA. "Products based on our Fermi architecture are going to transform a wide range of HPC fields and we're excited to see that the community agrees."

"This award, which represents a partnership between the HPCwire global readership and our publishing team, is a salute from the global HPC community," said Tomas Tabor, Publisher of HPCwire. "Receiving an award means that you are at the top of mind of HPCwire readers, editors, and luminaries in the field. I'd like to congratulate NVIDIA for being selected by our readers and our editors for these 2009 awards."

The HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards are determined through a survey conducted by HPCwire, online polling of the global HPCwire audience, along with a rigorous selection process involving HPCwire editors and industry luminaries.

The full list of winners for the 2009 awards can be found at the HPCwire website

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA awakened the world to the power of computer graphics when it invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Since then, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from portable media players to notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. Fortune magazine has ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in the semiconductor industry for two years in a row. For more information, see http://www.nvidia.com.