Nvidia had gotten lucky twice before, barely surviving the disasters of the NV1 and the NV2 before succeeding—­with only months to spare—­with the RIVA 128. That luck would not hold forever.

Nvidia founder Huang is known as a major fan of ‘Star Trek.’ A new chip, the RIVA 128, saved the company. Nvidia even turned a modest profit in its first year. This success would be short-lived.

The turning point, and the moment of Nvidia's continued survival, was the Riva 128 graphics chip the company released in April 1997. The chip put Nvidia "back on the map," generating revenue for ...

With the foundation of RIVA 128 sales, Nvidia produced RIVA TNT, which further cemented its place in the industry with better image quality and performance.

The words from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang came as part of an all-hands meeting at the company in 1997 following the launch of the RIVA 128. This was prior to the release of the GeForce 256, when ...

With Diablo IV out here's a little trip down GPU Memory Lane with the original Diablo running on a RIVA TNT 128, and Diablo 2 on a GeForce 256.

After almost going bankrupt within its first three years of operation, CEO Jensen Huang has steered the company to survival with its Riva 128 graphics accelerator.

Having burned through $20 million in Venture Capital funding down to being a month away from bankruptcy, Nvidia finally succeeded, and the RIVA 128’s sales fueled Nvidia’s fortunes enough for ...

Nvidia Riva 128 (Image credit: Future) Nvidia then arrived on the scene in 1993, but it only really made a name for itself when it launched the Riva 128 in 1997.

In 1997 Nvidia released the NV3 aka Riva 128, Riva stood for "Real-time Interactive Video and Animation". This graphics card used both 2D and 3D acceleration along with polygon texture mapping.

Here’s a look at Nvidia’s path to where it is today, from creating hardware for the gaming industry to designing the chips that power AI.