Curtis Priem
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Curtis Priem is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early chief technology officer of the graphics processing company NVIDIA.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees ⓘ |
| coFounded |
NVIDIA Corporation
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surface form:
NVIDIA
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| designed | graphics subsystems for workstations ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ |
| employer |
Genigraphics
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IBM ⓘ NVIDIA Corporation ⓘ
surface form:
NVIDIA
Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer graphics
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computer hardware ⓘ graphics processing units ⓘ |
| founded | Priem Family Foundation ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
engineering design
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philanthropy ⓘ technology entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| hasGivenNamedGiftTo | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ |
| hasGivenPhilanthropicSupportTo |
engineering education
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higher education ⓘ |
| hasResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasRole | technology leader at NVIDIA in its early years ⓘ |
| industry |
computer graphics industry
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semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early GPU design at NVIDIA
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work on graphics processing architectures ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding NVIDIA
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early contributions to workstation graphics ⓘ philanthropic support of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ serving as chief technology officer of NVIDIA ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief technology officer of NVIDIA ⓘ |
| workLocation | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
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