This is such a click-baity headline, the subject line is "Blame Santa Clara’s inventory and relative affordability—not the company’s stock run-up—for creating such a competitive market".
Essentially "let's use nVidia's name to get attention for this non-related issue."
Was about to say the exact same thing. Housing constraints are not limited to "near Nvidia HQ". It's the entire Bay Area.
For those not from the area, it's city after city after city in the Bay Area. 60 miles up the peninsula (from San Jose to San Francisco), and 60 miles up the East Bay, the vast majority of which has inventory and affordability challenges.
That reminds me, I once heard a talk by journalist at a hacker conference... I think it was HOPE a long time ago. He said that journalism is a good profession for people with a disposition for hacking. I wonder if that same trickiness hackers use to make/break great software is at play in headline-making...
Essentially "let's use nVidia's name to get attention for this non-related issue."