Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) was a standout performer last year, but with shares running out of steam in recent months, the AI chip giant seems to be slowing pace as mega-cap tech races to the $4 trillion market cap milestone.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has made investors significantly richer in the past three years, turning an investment of $1,000 into more than $4,500 as of this writing. This is thanks to the 354% jump in the company's shares during this period,

Nvidia was gaining on Monday amid further signs of strong demand for artificial-intelligence chips as CEO Jensen Huang is set to deliver a keynote speech at the CES tech show in Las Vegas on Monday. Nvidia shares were up 2.