The "quantum chandelier" that sits within a glass box in the chapel at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's campus in Troy, New York, is the symbolic centerpiece of an ambitious effort to turn upstate New York into an advanced technology center – what Silicon Valley is to social media or Cambridge, Massachusetts, is to biotech. The silver sci-fi object, named for interior gold lattices that suspend, cool and isolate its processor, is the heart of a "quantum computing system" that could herald a new age of computing. It's the centerpiece of the dream Curtis Priem, a co-founder of Nvidia, the 2.8tn artificial intelligence hardware and software company, has of turning Rensselaer, or RPI, into an advanced computing hub and refashioning this area of upstate New York into a new Silicon Valley. Priem has invested a sizable chunk of his fortune into building the Curtis Priem Quantum Constellation – a workshop for RPI students' vision of a quantum computing future. Just as his partners at Nvidia, where he was the company's first chief technology officer, gave him the freedom to imagine graphics chip architecture that powers the AI revolution, he hoped his investment will spark a new era of computer-powered innovation in the region.

The post-pandemic boom in the semiconductor business has powered Nvidia Corp. into the top 10 U.S. public companies, joining the likes of Apple Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Shares of the Santa Clara, Calif., firm have risen nearly 80% over the past year, giving it a market value of around $453 billion. That is more than rivals Intel Corp. and Broadcom Inc. combined. Nvidia makes processors that power gaming and cryptocurrency mining. Chip shares have risen in part thanks to a pandemic-induced global shortage of semiconductors that has driven up the prices of everything from laptops to automobiles.

Graphics-chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) released a fire hose of news at its online GTC conference, detailing advancements in artificial intelligence, computer graphics, robotics and data centers. Nvidia stock reached a buy point Tuesday following positive reviews of the event. Nvidia also announced that its fiscal first-quarter revenue is tracking above the target it provided in its Feb. 24 earnings release. At the time, the company provided a revenue outlook for its first fiscal quarter, ending May 2, of $5.3 billion, plus or minus 2%. In a news release, Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress said Nvidia is seeing strength across its four market platforms.

Graphics-chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) on Monday made a slew of announcements related to its work in artificial intelligence and data centers. The news drove Nvidia stock sharply higher. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company kicked off its virtual GPU Technology Conference with a keynote from Chief Executive Jensen Huang. He outlined the company's vision for the "age of AI." Huang announced developments related to data centers, edge AI, collaboration tools and health care. "AI requires a whole reinvention of computing -- full-stack rethinking -- from chips, to systems, algorithms, tools, the ecosystem," Huang said.

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to revolutionize how we live and work, semiconductor industry leader Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is designing a potential new breakout. AMD stock is closing in on a new buy point as fellow chip industry and AI powerhouses Intel (INTC) and Nvidia (NVDA) also near new highs. With AMD stock, Nvidia stock and Intel stock showing strength, the semiconductor industry group now ranks No. 11 out of the 197 groups IBD tracks. Cirrus Logic (CRUS) and Inphi (IPHI) are also among the best chip stocks to watch. AMD and Nvidia both sport the highest-possible 99 Composite Rating, while Intel earns a still-impressive 93.

Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., gestures as he speaks during ... [ ] the company's event at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. We found that if Nvidia Stock drops 10% or more in a week (5 trading days), there is a solid 36% chance it'll recover 10% or more, over the next month (about 20 trading days) Nvidia stock has seen significant volatility this year. While the company has been impacted by the broader correction in the semiconductor space and the trade war between the U.S. and China, the stock is being supported by a strong long-term outlook for GPU demand amid growing applications in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Considering the recent price swings, we started with a simple question that investors could be asking about Nvidia stock: given a certain drop or rise, say a 10% drop in a week, what should we expect for the next week? Is it very likely that the stock will recover the next week?

Bank of American Merrill Lynch analyst Vivek Arya reaffirmed his Buy rating for Nvidia stock on Tuesday and raised his price target to $250 from $225.

There's no doubt that artificial intelligence is being used by more and more industries. As Information Age points out, Enhancing E-commerce, calculating valuations, inventory management and of course enabling driverless cars are among the many uses of artificial intelligence. With this in mind, which tech stocks should investors buy to cash in on this trend? Although Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) now appears to be the prime beneficiary of the machine learning aspect of artificial intelligence, Nvidia stock has soared over 200% in the last year and likely already reflects a great deal of revenue from AI. Consequently, investors should wait for a better entry point before buying Nvidia stock. But four other tech stocks Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE:DLPH), Visteon Corp (NYSE:VC), and Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) -- are definitely poised to get a meaningful boost from AI and should be bought at current levels.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced its fourth-quarter earnings last week, and this has gotten many investors excited about the company's future growth potential. In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), NVIDIA's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) platform has emerged as the dominating force buoying NVDA stock. The stock gained almost 30% in the last three months in contrast to the nine percent returns posted by the S&P 500 Index. NVIDIA Corporation reported phenomenal growth in most of its businesses in the Q4 of fiscal 2017. The record revenue posted during the fiscal quarter was boosted by the impressive growth in its "Gaming," "Professional Visualization," "Datacenter," and "Automotive" divisions, The quarterly revenue stood at $2.2 billion, which was an increase of 55% year-over-year and eight percent sequentially.

Nvidia (NVDA) on Tuesday unveiled a palm-sized AI computer to be used by China internet giant Baidu's (BIDU) self-driving cars. Among a series of AI and other announcements it made at a chip industry conference in China, Nvidia said the new Drive PX 2 artificial-intelligence platform for "AutoCruise" functions will let vehicles use "deep neural networks to process data from multiple cameras and sensors." It said the product will let Baidu and other customers "accelerate production of automated and autonomous vehicles." Nvidia stock fell 1.5% in the stock market today, to 59.87, after rising 2% at the open. Baidu stock fell 1.2% Tuesday, to 181.90.