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Nvidia and Sega celebrate 30-year partnership with Tokyo event

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will attend an event in Tokyo on July 15 to celebrate 30 years of partnership with Sega. The event will commemorate Sega's crucial $5 million investment in Nvidia in 1996, which helped the then-struggling graphics card company survive. Attendees will have a chance to win a GeForce RTX 5090 FE, and Huang will unveil the RTX Spark in Japan for the first time. AI

IMPACT This event highlights the long-standing relationship between a key hardware provider and a gaming company, with potential implications for future hardware collaborations and gaming technology.

RANK_REASON The event celebrates a significant historical partnership and features a high-profile CEO and product unveilings. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    Sega’s $5M investment saved Nvidia in 1996, now Jensen Huang is heading to Tokyo to mark 30 years of partnership — Akihabara event will include a GeForce RTX 5090 FE lottery, an RTX Spark presentation, and more

    Nvidia and Sega have scheduled an event next week to celebrate their history and longstanding friendship.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Sega’s $5M investment saved Nvidia in 1996, now Jensen Huang is heading to Tokyo to mark 30 years of partnership — Akihabara event will include a GeForce RTX 50

    Sega’s $5M investment saved Nvidia in 1996, now Jensen Huang is heading to Tokyo to mark 30 years of partnership — Akihabara event will include a GeForce RTX 5090 FE lottery, an RTX Spark presentation, and more Nvidia and Sega have scheduled an event next week to celebrate their …

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