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NVIDIA Corporation
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For Immediate Release

SANTA CLARA, CA — June 20, 2000 — NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that it has earned the highest ranking for semiconductor companies in Business Week's "Information Technology Annual Report - The Info Tech 100" cover story dated June 19, 2000. In addition to the #1 ranking for semiconductor companies, NVIDIA earned the fourth spot overall in the yearly wrap-up of the world's top technology companies.

"The rapid adoption of 3D processors has fueled our rapid growth. 3D graphics is becoming a pervasive digital medium. Coupled with broadband communications, 3D will change how we work, learn, communicate, and play," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO at NVIDIA. "Being recognized by Business Week underscores our focus and drive to be one of the most influential technology companies in the world. We are very proud of this achievement."

In this special report, Business Week selected the "Info Tech 100" companies based on quantitative criteria including annual revenues, revenue growth, return on equity, shareholder return and profits. Andy Reinhardt, writer for Business Week wrote: "Graphics chips are hot – and nobody makes 'em better than NVIDIA."
 
 
About NVIDIA
The computing industry recognizes NVIDIA as a global leader in advanced graphics processing technology for mainstream platforms, honoring the company with the most awards in the history of the PC graphics industry. The breadth of the NVIDIA product family enables gripping multimedia experiences for the entire desktop computer market from workstations to internet-enabled appliances. In use by large corporations, small- to medium-sized businesses, and home-based consumers, NVIDIA products are used by the top PC OEMs, add-in card designers, and system builders worldwide. NVIDIA graphics processors deliver superior performance and crisp visual quality for PC based applications such as manufacturing, science, e-business, entertainment, and education. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.nvidia.com.

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Certain statements in this press release, including the statements relating to the Company's performance expectations for NVIDIA's family of products and expectations of continued revenue growth, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, manufacturing and other delays relating to new products, difficulties in the fabrication process and dependence of the Company on third-party manufacturers, general industry trends including cyclical trends in the PC and semiconductor industries, the impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives, market acceptance of the Company's new products, and the Company's dependence on third-party developers and publishers. Investors are advised to read the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled "Factors Affecting Operating Results," for a fuller discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.
 
Notes to Editors: GeForce 256 and GeForce2 GTS should be written with an uppercase G and F, all other letters lowercase, and a space between GeForce and 256 as well as a space between GeForce2 and GTS. GTS is ALL CAPITALS. The recommended format for Vanta and Quadro is title case. The recommended format for NVIDIA, RIVA 128, RIVA 128ZX, NVIDIA TNT, and NVIDIA TNT2 is ALL CAPITALS. 
 
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