And we created new pillars for long term growth with Project SHIELD and NVIDIA GRID -- first-of-their-kind devices that will extend our leadership in visual computing into mobile and the cloud.

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Both the Caucus and the SHIELD Act are intended to protect the U.S. national power grid from an EMP event generated by the Sun or by hostile actors.

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NVIDIA's hoping Shield will replace your average controller as well -- perhaps with that newly detailed Grid system?

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