A few years ago I recommended NVIDIA to a friend because I thought everybody was going to be wearing VR glasses (NVIDEA made/makes chips for those). My friend invested and did extremely well, although it was AI that caused the increase.
I similarly bought AMD at $5, before AI was just a twinkle in your father’s eye. Was just looking for a quick double, but here we are, 8,382% later.
Nvidia does not *manufacture* any chips (never has, AFAIK). It designs them and they are manufactured by TSMC (Taiwan) and occasionally Samsung (South Korea).