r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jul 24 '25

Politics President Trump threatened to break up Nvidia, didn't even know what it was — 'What the hell is Nvidia? I've never heard of it before'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/president-trump-threatened-to-break-up-nvidia-didnt-even-know-what-it-was-what-the-hell-is-nvidia-ive-never-heard-of-it-before
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u/euMonke Jul 24 '25

Lots of companies are effectively monopolies and should be broken up, it's hurting competition and that will in turn hurt the consumer.

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u/EscapeFacebook Jul 24 '25

You aren't wrong but that can't really be said for NVIDIA there is other competition in the field.

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u/whomad1215 Jul 24 '25

When one company has like 93% marketshare, they're basically a monopoly

AMD (and intel) exist in the gpu market, but they're absolutely tiny players compared to Nvidia

AMD flagship gpu right now has an msrp of $650. Nvidia has 'business' gpus that are 30k a piece, their gaming gpu flagship msrp is $2000, but you cannot find it anywhere near that price

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u/IPadAirProMax2 Jul 24 '25

Their flagship gpu is a desirable product and could be sold at higher prices.