Core Insights - The third China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo (Chain Expo) opened, highlighting China's remarkable supply chain achievements and innovation support [2] - NVIDIA's CEO emphasized the company's journey from a small startup in 1993 to a leader in AI and GPU technology, showcasing its significant contributions to the gaming and AI industries [3][4] Group 1: NVIDIA's Contributions to AI - NVIDIA invented the first programmable graphics processor (GPU) in 1999, which opened doors for accelerated computing [3] - The introduction of CUDA in 2006 transformed GPUs into general-purpose computing engines, marking the beginning of the AI era [3] - Since the launch of AlexNet on NVIDIA GPUs, the company has significantly enhanced AI computing performance by 100,000 times, surpassing Moore's Law by 1,000 times [4] Group 2: AI's Impact on Various Industries - AI is revolutionizing multiple sectors, including scientific research, healthcare, energy development, transportation, and logistics [4] - Major Chinese platforms like Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance leverage AI to enhance their services, demonstrating the technology's widespread application [5] - Over 1.5 million developers in China are utilizing NVIDIA's platform to bring their innovations to life, contributing to the global AI landscape [5] Group 3: Future of AI and Supply Chain - AI is becoming a fundamental infrastructure, akin to electricity and the internet, reshaping supply chains and production logistics [6] - Hundreds of projects in China are using NVIDIA Omniverse for digital twin simulations to optimize factory and warehouse designs [6] - The next wave of AI will focus on robotic systems capable of reasoning and executing tasks, leading to AI-driven factories and products [6]