The following is a summary of the NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript:
Financial Performance:
- NVIDIA reported Q4 revenue of $22.1 billion, a 22% sequential and 265% YoY increase.
- Fiscal 2024 total revenue was $60.9 billion, up 126% YoY.
- Data center revenue for fiscal 2024 was $47.5 billion, tripling YoY.
- Q4 data center revenue was a record $18.4 billion, up 27% sequentially and 409% YoY.
- Q4 gaming revenue was $2.87 billion, flat sequentially but up 56% YoY.
- Q4 gross margins expanded to 76% for GAAP and 76.7% for non-GAAP.
Business Progress:
- NVIDIA is moving from general-purpose to accelerated computing in data center infrastructure.
- The new Hopper GPU computing platform and Infiniband end-to-end networking drove Q4 data center growth.
- NVIDIA’s AI Tensor cores and GPUs deliver up to 836 AI tops, fuelling generative AI applications.
- NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40 Super Series GPUs launched at CES are showing strong potential.
- Automotive partnerships have been announced with Li Auto, ZEEKR, and Xiaomi EV.
- NVIDIA expects to deliver Spectrum-X, an AI-optimized networking solution, in the current quarter.
- Despite supply constraints, demand for NVIDIA products remains high, expected to continue throughout the year.
- Automotive vertical revenue exceeded $1 billion last year, with significant growth expected in automotive data processing.
- NVIDIA is seeing growth in the InfiniBand business and new products like H200 and Spectrum-X.
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise reached a $1 billion business run rate.
- The company is adjusting to new U.S. export restrictions to China, pausing shipments to comply with the regulations.