Nvidia is the world's first $5 trillion company, but CEO Jensen Huang's nifty narrative about accelerated computing and the remarkable foresight that led to today's AI revolution doesn't quite add up

As I type these very words, Nvidia's market capitalisation is ticking along at $5.12 trillion. Yup, Nvidia has become the world's first $5 trillion company. Truly, these numbers are getting silly.

Of course, it really, really (really!) wasn't all that long ago we reported on Nvidia becoming the world's most valuable company at $3.3 trillion. It was only a few months ago that Nvidia breached $4 trillion.

But now here we are at $5 trillion. Where does it all end? Increasingly, market...