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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes
David E. Sweet, Robert Yin, Patricia Tom, David L. Anderson, G. Leonard
Baker, Jr., Tench Coxe, Gregory P. Sands, James N. White, or William H.
Younger, Jr. to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a director of NVIDIA Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, and 5, and any Amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned's
beneficial ownership of securities in the Company. The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such a
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
	In witness whereof, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 18th day of June, 2003.




					/s/  James C. Gaither

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