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What were Nvidia's revenue and earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, and how did they compare with Wall Street consensus estimates?
Nvidia's revenue and earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 (ending April 28, 2024) were $26 billion and $6.12 per share respectively. These results easily beat the Wall Street consensus estimates, with the company's data center segment, powered by AI, being the main reason for this exceptional performance. Data center revenue was up by 427% year over year to $22.6 billion in the first quarter.
By what percentage did Nvidia's data center revenue increase year over year in the first quarter?
Nvidia's data center revenue increased by 427% year over year in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.
What factors have contributed to the exceptional performance of Nvidia's AI-powered data center segment?
The exceptional performance of Nvidia's AI-powered data center segment can be attributed to several factors:
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Generative AI Technologies: The rapid advancement and adoption of generative AI technologies have led to increased usage of Nvidia's GPUs (Hopper architecture-based H100 chips) for training and inferencing large language models.
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Accelerated Computing Transition: The existing trillion-dollar global data center infrastructure, based on "dumb" network interface cards (NICs) and central processing units (CPUs), is being transitioned to accelerated computing. This transition has favored Nvidia, given its dominance in the AI hardware market.
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Enterprise Adoption: Enterprises are gearing up to transition their H100 GPU-based accelerated computing infrastructure to that based on the superior H200 chip and the next-generation Blackwell systems. This has led to increased demand for Nvidia's products.
These factors have collectively contributed to the exceptional performance of Nvidia's AI-powered data center segment, with data center revenue up by 427% year over year to $22.6 billion in the first quarter.