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Why Chip Maker Nvidia Was at a Healthcare Conference

By 
Bill AlpertFollow
 
Updated Jan. 14, 2023 2:03 pm ET / Original Jan. 14, 2023 2:01 pm ET
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This past week’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference featured dozens of drug and device firms, cash-starved biotechs, and one computer chip maker: Nvidia

Why was the semiconductor producer at a medical conference? Healthcare could become a billion dollar a year market for Nvidia’s number-crunching and artificial intelligence products, writes J.P. Morgan’s semiconductor analyst Harlan Sur, in a note about the chip maker’s Thursday presentation.