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Events on Saturday 17 April 1993 2
19931993 World Snooker ChampionshipHendry Title 3Winner: Stephen Hendry; Runner-up: Jimmy White. Score: 18–5.
1993Nvidia founded in a Denny's dinerJensen Huang (30), Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem found Nvidia at a Denny's restaurant in East San Jose on 17 April 1993. Huang, a former AMD and LSI Logic engineer, articulates their mission: to build a chip that accelerates graphics for personal computers. They incorporate with $40,000 in seed funding from friends and family, followed by $20 million from Sequoia Capital and others. The San Jose Denny's later installs a plaque commemorating the founding meeting.