Trillion dollars of compute: Secret to NVIDIA success | Lex Fridman and Jensen Huang in Taiwan

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Original video: Trillion dollars of compute: Secret to NVIDIA success | Lex Fridman and Jensen Huang in Taiwan · Channel: Lex Clips · 02:14 · Watch on YouTube

Topics: Software engineering with AI, AI infrastructure and hardware, Robotics and autonomous systems

Summary

Jensen Huang says he was nervous before the keynote because he takes public speaking seriously and cannot fully rehearse the final presentation. He explains that NVIDIA’s plans to build and sell trillions of dollars of computing over the coming years depend on Taiwan’s broader ecosystem understanding and joining the opportunity. Huang also credits gamers as NVIDIA’s roots and recalls the joy of playing games on NVIDIA hardware. The conversation ends with an enthusiastic exchange at a robotics event, where Huang praises young engineers building robots.

Key points

Huang says he is always nervous before public speaking and does not take it for granted.
He explains that the keynote is difficult to rehearse because the final words are not fully settled and there is no teleprompter.
Huang says Taiwan’s entire island and ecosystem need to be involved in NVIDIA’s plans.
He describes a goal of building and selling a few trillion dollars of computing over the next several years.
He says companies will need to invest hundreds of billions of dollars and understand how they can benefit.
Huang remembers gamers as where NVIDIA began and says people should not forget their roots.
He describes gamers as among the most passionate people on Earth.
Huang celebrates young engineers building robots at the First Robotics Challenge.

Chapters

Start	Chapter	Summary
00:06	Nervous before the keynote	Huang describes his nerves about public speaking and the difficulty of rehearsing a keynote whose final words are not fully set.
00:37	Taiwan’s role in NVIDIA’s plans	Huang says Taiwan’s ecosystem must understand and embrace the opportunity to build and sell trillions of dollars of computing.
01:09	NVIDIA’s roots in gaming	Huang expresses affection for gamers and reflects on the company’s beginnings and his own memories of playing games.
01:42	Young engineers and robotics	Huang greets the crowd and praises young engineers building robots at the First Robotics Challenge.

Quotes

I was super nervous. I was super nervous. — 00:06

This entire island has to be part of it. — 00:37

That’s where we all began. You know, don’t forget your roots. — 01:09

Some of the most passionate humans on Earth are gamers. — 01:42

Young engineers building robots. — 02:14

Concepts and entities

Jensen Huang, Lex Fridman, NVIDIA, First Robotics Challenge, gamers

Full transcript (original language)

00:06 [cheering] >> People are nice. >> There’s so much nice, so much kindness. >> Yeah. >> Were you nervous before the keynote? The the whole world >> I was super nervous. I was super nervous. But I’m always nervous. You know, every public every public speaking doesn’t matter what it is. >> Keep it sharp. >> Yeah, well, I don’t take it for granted and you know, I want to do a good job and because everything comes together such a last it’s hard to practice at all and we don’t. >> And so you know, so I don’t know exactly all

00:37 the words that I’m going to say and there’s no teleprompter. >> If we’re going to go go build and sell a few trillion dollars of computing over the next several years, this entire island has to be part of it. This entire ecosystem have to be part of it. Every single one of these companies are going to have to invest hundreds of billions of dollars over the next several years. And so they’ve got to they’ve got to want, understand it, be inspired by it, want to be part of it, and understand how they can benefit from it. And so you know, in the keynote I tried to distill that down to a few as

01:09 few words as possible. >> By the way, Jensen shows I mean, obviously shows he might give some amount of love to me that I don’t deserve, but he shows love to everybody. Everybody. And he gives some love to the gamers, too. >> Yes, I love the gamers. That’s where we all began. You know, don’t forget your roots. You know, no matter how high you are, don’t let your feet leave the ground. >> Some of the most passionate humans on

01:42 Earth are gamers. And some of the happiest moments in my whole life is playing video games on NVIDIA hardware. Look at that. Look at that. >> Look at all these people. >> It’s unbelievable, man. It’s an honor to be loved by you. >> Thank you for having me. >> Well, I really love hanging out with you. Okay, are we going to go get it done? Let’s go get it done. Can you sign this for me?

02:14 First robotics challenge. Oh, wow. Love this. Look at that, 2026. Young engineers building robots. Most of them probably running an NVIDIA brain. Love that. Now, you got to sign it, too. Here, I’ll hold that for you. Thanks, man. Keep going. There you go. So good. So good. Good job.