In 2007 Jen-Hsun Huang had “No CPU plans; can’t add much value.” explained Nvidia “cannot add much value” in the CPU market and would focus on GPUs/chipsets.

In 2009 he said a no to an Intel-compatible x86 CPU.

In 2022 he said If x86 already exists, we’ll just use/partner: “One of the rules of our company is not to squander resources on something that already exists. If something already exists, for example, an x86 CPU, we’ll just use it… we’ll partner with them.”

No. They were ordered to make this investment...