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Who are Nvidia's rivals?

Nvidia's main rivals in the chip world are AMD and Intel, both American companies. While Nvidia focuses heavily on graphics processing units (GPUs) like those in the story's RTX Spark, AMD also makes powerful GPUs and central processing units (CPUs). Intel is a giant in CPUs, but is increasingly challenging Nvidia in the GPU market too, especially for AI chips.

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Who are AMD? Who are Intel? What are GPUs used for?

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