Grace HopperHopper's achievements included creating the first computer compiler and working on UNIVAC. Bettmann/Getty Images Hopper was a computer scientist and mathematician who worked on the Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC I), one of the first all-electronic digital computers.She received a degree in mathematics from Vassar College, where she also taught, and her master's and doctorate degrees in mathematics from Yale University. In 1943, she enlisted in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service and eventually rose to become a rear admiral in the Navy.Hopper invented the first computer compiler, which turned programming instructions into code computers could read, and worked on the development of COBOL, a widely used computer language.She also predicted computers would one day become compact, widely-used devices, as they are today, and used the word "bug" to describe computer malfunctions, according to the Navy.In 1973, Hopper was named a distinguished fellow of the British Computer Society, making her the first woman to hold the title. She was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.Hopper died in 1992 at the age of 85.Nvidia's Hopper chips powered much of the generative AI revolution of the ChatGPT era, costing roughly $40,000 and quickly becoming a a hot commodity among Big Tech giants and AI startups alike.