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When Nvidia

this week said it would take a $2 billion stake in chip design company Synopsys, it was just the latest in a string of massive investments announced by the chipmaker this year.

Nvidia has also said it would take a $1 billion stake in Nokia, invest $5 billion in Intel

and $10 billion in Anthropic — $18 billion in investment commitments from those four deals, not counting smaller venture capital investments.