Nvidia was the most remarkable technology story of 2024 — both in terms of its products and impact on the stock market. The company’s strategic advancements in data-center GPUs and networking; its growth and ambitions in services;

Nvidia ( NVDA 0.21%) is one of the most widely followed stocks today, and it's easy to see why. Its lead in the artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator market supercharged its revenue growth and made it the largest semiconductor stock, as measured by market cap, next to Apple.

Investors were not impressed by Nvidia's quarterly performance and outlook even though it handily beat Wall Street's expectations thanks to the booming demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

Nvidia still has the stock-boosting power, but its strength may be waning as some investors wonder how long it will last.

Nvidia (NVDA) is a technology company that focuses on designing and developing graphics processing units (GPUs) for high-performance computing. It also develops application programming interfaces (APIs) and is the market leader in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware and software.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has become the second-largest company in the world, with a market capitalization of $3.3 trillion as of this writing. The terrific demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips is playing a key role in helping the chipmaker achieve this position.