nForce MCPs Analyst Day 2004 Drew Henry – GM, Platform Processors NVIDIA Focus on Key Technologies of the “Networked Digital Media” Era

Graphics and Video Network, Media, and Processing Connectivity Processing (GPUs) (MCPs)

Digital Media Software

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Worldwide Critical Acclaim For nForce2

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Highly Regarded by Top Reviewers

“We wouldn't recommend a lesser chip set than the NVIDIA nForce2 ….” PC Magazine

“Best Innovation in ” “Best Innovation in ” Tom’s Hardware Guide

“Manufacturer of the Year 2003” PC Games Hardware

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Outstanding Market Share Growth in AMD 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% Share 10% 5% 0% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003

Source: Mercury Research and NVIDIA

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Designed for the PC Customer

Gamer’s Bedroom

Home Office Family Room

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. nForce2 Ultra 400 Outstanding Gaming Platform Uncompromised System Performance

Unmatched Features

Immersive Surround Sound

Amazing Online Experiences

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. nForce2 with GeForce4 MX Graphics The Media PC for the Family Room

Stunning digital audio for movies and music

Home Media Server

Feature-Rich graphics drive an interactive experience

High-Speed networking for fast and easy streaming media

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Solutions for Corporations

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. nForce2 with GeForce4 MX Graphics The Perfect Corporate PC

Unified Driver Architecture

Enterprise Class Networking

Low Total Cost of Ownership

nView Multi-Monitor

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. nForce UDA Success Story Northeast Utilities Services Company

“This is the first optimal multi-machine-capable image that we have ever seen .... nForce2 was everything that was promised, and more.” Matt Boyajian Northeast Utilities

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Welcome to the World of 64 Bits!

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. HP Selects nForce3! Compaq 8000Z Desktop

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. HP Selects nForce3 Go! HP Pavilion zv5000 & Presario R3000

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. 64 Delivers Outstanding Application Performance!

Content Creation Winstone

Business Winstone

0% 5% 10% 15%

% Faster than 32 bit CPUs Source: Anandtech

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. AMD Deliver Outstanding Gaming Performance!

Wolfenstein

Serious Sam

UT Flyby

Comanche 4

Splinter Cell

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% % Faster than 32 bit CPUs Source: Tom’s Hardware

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Gamers Love AMD Athlon 64

“When it comes to games or file compression, AMD's Athlon64 still is the better choice.” March 22, 2004

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Gigabit Ethernet is Mainstream Gigabit Ethernet ships with

100% of deluxe class motherboards

100% of mainstream business PCs

100%

80%

60% 10/100 40% Gigabit

20% Port Shipments (K) 0% 2002 2003 2004 2005 Source: Gartner

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Security is a Mainstream Concern

“End users have migrated to the ‘always-on’ society at work, on the road and at home. Personal firewalls are imperative to defend their devices from sophisticated network attacks formerly reserved for enterprise firewalls.” Gartner, 2003

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb World Class Performance and Security

High performance, single chip architecture

Highly Secure Gigabit Ethernet

Advanced ForceWare Software Suite

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. nForce3 The Best AMD Athlon 64 FX & Athlon 64 Platform

1.35

1.30

1.25 nForce3 1.20 Competition

1.15

1.10

1.05

Relative Performance 1.00

0.95

0.90

08 06 ht 2 -09 - -02 he 4 g e Arena c drv dx- ght -Cin4D3 li pro ugs-03 Wstein AquaMark Max Read WStone03 04 3dsmax-02 h h Ave Read Coman c c Mark 02 HDD Mark 04 HDD Quake Jedi Kni Castle C C Bus WStoneCC 04 P P Mark 04 Graphics bench C e HD Ta HD Ta P Cin 256MBx2 CORSAIR CMX256A-3500c2PT WD1200JD-00FYB0 SATA HDD GeForce FX 5950 53.03 Drivers ©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. AMD Athlon 64 3400+ NVIDIA Delivers Full Gigabit Ethernet Performance 2000

NVIDIA 1500 Gigabit

1000 More than Twice the PCI Speed!

500 Gigabit Bidirectional Throughput (Mbps) Bidirectional Throughput

0 All tests using Chariot Test Suite; Jumbo Frames on; 32 Kb packet size PCI Pro 1000 MT with D875PBZ , 3.0GHz P4

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA Firewall Deep Level of Security

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Great Reviews for nForce3 250Gb

“If we were in the market for a top Athlon 64 today, we would search for a high-end nForce3-250Gb board”

“With security becoming an increasing concern as security flaws continue to be exploited, [NVIDIA’s Firewall] should come as a welcome addition to the typical home user as well as corporations.”

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. nForce3 Professional for Opteron The New Platform for Professional Computing

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. Professional Environments are Demanding

Requirements Compatibility Manageability Reliability Stability

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA’s Unified Driver Architecture Simplifies Enterprise Deployments Linux

(64b & 32b OS) Other Drivers Storage Drivers Graphics Drivers Networking Drivers

System Hardware

(64b Processor)

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA’s Unified Driver Architecture Simplifies Enterprise Deployments Linux

(64b & 32b OS) NVIDIA Unified Driver Other Drivers Storage Drivers

ArchitectureGraphics Drivers Networking Drivers

NVIDIA nForce3 Professional System Hardware Platform

(64b Processor)

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. nForce3 Professional Solutions for Servers and Workstations

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA Focus on Key Technologies of the “Networked Digital Media” Era

Graphics and Video Network, Media, and Processing Connectivity Processing (GPUs) (MCPs)

Digital Media Software

©2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.