Nvidia up as analyst says chip supplies tight
2010-03-10 02:53:52
Quote: NEW YORK (AP) -- Nvidia Corp. shares rose Tuesday after a Raymond James analyst said chip supplies are tight and Wall Street is underestimating the maker of graphics chips.Nvidia "remains a controversial name in the near term," Hans Mosesmann wrote in a note to investors. He said the stock "presents an opportunity as the Street appears to significantly underestimate the momentum in new products for 2010" as well as "upward movement in gross margins."Nvidia, a Santa Clara, Calif., company that ma...
Read article2010 chip revs to top pre-recession levels-iSuppli
2010-03-09 03:40:54
Keywords: Semiconductors,Semiconductor equipment and products,
Quote: Intel Corp (INTC.O), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.N),
Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS),
Altera Corp (ALTR.O), and others are expected to pull in
combined revenue of $279.7 billion, iSuppli said, outlining
both dramatic growth for the companies and the depth to which
the economic downturn hit them over the last three years. "Enthusiasm over the semiconductor industry's 2010 outlook
has hit a fever pitch," said Dale Ford, iSuppli's senior vice
president of market int...
Read articleSemiconductor Trends And Real Economic Recovery - Arnab Chanda - ROTH Capital Partners, LLC.
2010-03-05 04:43:08
Quote: Broadcom plays pretty well with all these major trends.Another interesting large-cap name is NVIDIA. While most people are focusing on their chipset business loss, it's not very well understood that they can partially replace this with a low-end GPU that is much higher margin. Also their highest-margin business in workstations is recovering, and their GPU computing product, Tesla, is seeing traction. Their handheld business, Tegra, will finally see revenues from multiple portable entertainment d...
Read articleUPDATE - Rambus says two patents affirmed in Nvidia fight
2010-03-05 04:43:07
Keywords: Legislation,Computer hardware,Semiconductors,Semiconductor equipment and products,Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,United States of America,Regulation and enforcement,Semiconductors and semiconductor equipme
Quote: UPDATE 1-Rambus says two patents affirmed in Nvidia fight * Rambus says USPTO affirms two patents, rejects one * Rambus stock ends up more than 6 pct SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) - Memory chip designer
Rambus Inc (RMBS.O) said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
had affirmed two of three patents at the center of a legal
dispute over whether graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O)
infringed on Rambus technology. Rambus' stock rose 6.82 percent to close at $23.19 on
Nasdaq. Nvidia requested ...
Read articleRambus shares rise on mixed patent ruling
2010-03-05 04:43:07
Keywords: Industries|Tech, RMBS, Rambus Inc, NVDA, NVIDIA Corp
Quote: Patent and Trademark Office issued a mixed ruling in a patent dispute between the chip-design company and Nvidia Corp.Rambus/quotes/comstock/15*!rmbs/quotes/nls/rmbs(RMBS23.19,+1.48,+6.82%) shares gained 6.8% to close at $23.19, while Nvidia/quotes/comstock/15*!nvda/quotes/nls/nvda(NVDA16.66,+0.03,+0.18%) was up 0.2% to close at $16.66.Rambus said the US Patent and Trademark Office upheld some of its claims in three patents in a dispute with the graphics chip maker and rejected some of its claim...
Read articleTesla Gaining Considerable Traction For NVIDIA (NVDA); Fermi Platform To Launch In FQ2
2010-03-03 09:27:09
Quote: Another interesting large-cap name is NVIDIA. While most people are focusing on their chipset business loss, it's not very well understood that they can partially replace this with a low-end GPU that is much higher margin.Also their highest-margin business in workstations is recovering, and their GPU computing product, Tesla, is seeing traction. Their handheld business, Tegra, will finally see revenues from multiple portable entertainment devices as well as tablets this year. Most importantly, t...
Read articleNVIDIA GPUs Power All 2010 Best Visual Effects Academy Award Nominees
2010-03-03 09:27:08
Quote: NVIDIA� Quadro�
professional graphics to power their stunning special effects.AvatarDistrict 9Star
Trek" -- all delivered unprecedented levels of sophistication and
realism to the screen in the form of computer-generated fantasy and
science-fiction worlds.The winner will be announced at the 82nd Academy
Awards ceremony on March 7th at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.Weta Digital Ltd.Tesla� high performance computing solutions in its visual effects (VFX)
production pipeline. ...
Read articleNew NVIDIA ION Netbooks Deliver 10x Faster Graphics and Up to 10 Hours of Battery Life Thanks to Acclaimed NVIDIA Optimus Technology
2010-03-03 09:27:07
Quote: HANOVER, GERMANY--(Marketwire - 03/02/10) - CeBIT -- NVIDIA introduced the
Next-generation NVIDIA� ION� graphics processor today, which will
supercharge netbooks with 10 times the graphics performance of standard
netbooks(1) and enable up to 10 hours of battery life(2) thanks to NVIDIA�
Optimus� technology.The new ION graphics processing unit (GPU) vastly outperforms basic netbook
graphics by delivering rich HD media in games, movies, and Internet-based
video. Unlike netbooks...
Read articleTwo Laptops Take Images to Another Dimension
2010-03-03 09:27:06
Quote: Its bright screen measures 15.6 inches diagonally and it weighs 6.2 pounds.
Nvidia's 3-D Vision, considered to be a much higher quality 3-D experience. This technology was originally only available on a desktop PC with several different necessary components. Now on a laptop, it displays 3-D images to people as long as they're wearing special battery-powered glasses and are standing no more than 40 feet away. These Nvidia glasses deliver the highest resolution possible per eye and enable wide vie...
Read articleNVIDIA GPUs Power All 2010 Best Visual Effects Academy Award Nominees
2010-03-02 04:21:45
Quote: NVIDIA� Quadro�
professional graphics to power their stunning special effects.AvatarDistrict 9Star
Trek" -- all delivered unprecedented levels of sophistication and
realism to the screen in the form of computer-generated fantasy and
science-fiction worlds.The winner will be announced at the 82nd Academy
Awards ceremony on March 7th at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.Weta Digital Ltd.Tesla� high performance computing solutions in its visual effects (VFX)
production pipeline. ...
Read articleNew NVIDIA ION Netbooks Deliver 10x Faster Graphics and Up to 10 Hours of Battery Life Thanks to Acclaimed NVIDIA Optimus Technology
2010-03-02 04:21:41
Quote: HANOVER, GERMANY--(Marketwire - 03/02/10) - CeBIT -- NVIDIA introduced the
Next-generation NVIDIA� ION� graphics processor today, which will
supercharge netbooks with 10 times the graphics performance of standard
netbooks(1) and enable up to 10 hours of battery life(2) thanks to NVIDIA�
Optimus� technology.The new ION graphics processing unit (GPU) vastly outperforms basic netbook
graphics by delivering rich HD media in games, movies, and Internet-based
video. Unlike netbooks...
Read articleUPDATE - Global chip revenue to rise 20 pct in 2010-Gartner
2010-02-25 06:36:19
Keywords: Semiconductor equipment and products,
Quote: Intel Corp (INTC.O), Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.N),
Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), LSI Corp (LSI.N), Micron Technology Inc(MU.O) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), as well as
contract manufacturers such as Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co (2330.TW), are seeing resurgent demand for
their products, used in everything from personal electronics to
corporate servers. But Lewis said some chip makers are beginning to run up
against supply constraints, after an industry-wide effort to
slash in...
Read articleMGM Mirage, Wal-Mart, Rite Aid are big movers
2010-02-23 04:22:27
Quote: or Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., up 40 cents at $14.30The tire company reported a fourth-quarter profit that easily beat most expectations, helped by growing sales in emerging markets.NASDAQ:NVIDIA Corp., down $1.17 at $16.67The graphics chip maker reported strong fourth-quarter results, but a buildup in inventory appeared to spook investors.Xenoport Inc., down $12.93 at $6.67The drug developer and its partner GlaxoSmithKline said the Food and Drug Administration is delayin...
Read articleNvidia shares fall after fiscal 4th-qtr report
2010-02-19 04:41:44
Quote: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Nvidia Corp. shares fell Thursday after the graphics chip maker reported strong fourth-quarter results, but a buildup in inventory appeared to spook investors.Nvidia shares fell $1.21, or 6.8 percent, to $16.63 in afternoon trading. In the past year, the stock has traded between $7.21 and $18.96.Late Wednesday, Nvidia said it earned 23 cents per share in the fourth quarter on $982 million in revenue. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected profit of 20 cents per share o...
Read articleGung Ho For Graphics
2010-02-19 04:41:44
Keywords: U.S. Markets, U.S. Equities, Nvidia, Graphics, Microchip, ATI, videogame
Quote: Nvidia shares are up 77% in the last five years, compared to a loss of 20% for the Semiconductor HOLDRS(SMH -news-people) ETF and a loss of 8% for the S&P 500. That said, they're still down more than 50% from their pre-financial-crisis peak. At these prices investors can still find a suitable return in a high-growth company, says analyst Glen Yeung of Citigroup, who rates Nvidia a buy, but as a speculative risk.One reason the stock is down, off 7% on Thursday toward the middle of the session, is...
Read articleNvidia shares fall sharply after results
2010-02-19 04:41:43
Keywords: Industries|Tech, AMD, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, NVDA, NVIDIA Corp
Quote: News Hub: Will Sponsors Return to Tiger Woods?Ahead of the anticipated Tiger Woods statement tomorrow, advertisers are taking a wait-and-see approach before returning to sponsor the golf star, Emily Steel tells the News Hub.Late Wednesday, results showed the Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia swinging to a profit for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, on strong demand for chips for personal computers and workstations.The company had net earnings of $131.1 million, or 23 cents a share, compared to a...
Read articleUPDATE - Nvidia shares down on product transition concerns
2010-02-19 04:41:42
Keywords: Semiconductor equipment and products,Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,United States of America,Broker research and recommendations,Equities,Semiconductors,Computer hardware,Semiconductors and semiconductor e
Quote: UPDATE 2-Nvidia shares down on product transition concerns
Feb 18 (Reuters) - Shares of Nvidia Corp fell about 9
percent on Thursday on investors' concerns about upcoming
product transitions away from the company's chipset business. Several analysts, however, noted that the share drop could
be a good entry point for investors and raised their price
targets on the stock."We advise clients to buy on this negative reaction,
noting that revenues, gross margins and earnings per share all
have notice...
Read articleWind in the Market's Sails as Earnings Season Winds Down
2010-02-19 04:41:41
Quote: same-store sales and guidance is because of the weak economy, or perhaps because some more wealthy patrons have started to trade up.Surety and Title Insurance Stocks Index was the top performing tickerspy Index on the day, led by Stewart Information Services CorpSTCNews) with a 8% gain.Stocks ended the day in the green with the Dow up 84 points to close at 10,393.The S&P moved up 7 points to 1,107, while the Nasdaq rose 15 points to 2,242.Oil gained $1.84 to $79.17 a barrel, while gold fell ...
Read articleNvidia swings to profit as sales rise sharply
2010-02-18 08:27:31
Keywords: Industries|Tech, NVDA, NVIDIA Corp
Quote: AlertEmailPrintBy John Letzing, MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Nvidia Corp. said Wednesday it swung to a profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, as sales more than doubled thanks to strong demand for chips used in personal computers and workstations.Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia/quotes/comstock/15*!nvda/quotes/nls/nvda(NVDA17.84,+0.17,+0.96%) said net income for the period ended Jan. 31 was $131.1 million, or 23 cents a share, compared to a loss of $147.7 million, or 27 cents a share ...
Read articleNvidia swings to fourth-quarter profit
2010-02-18 08:27:31
Keywords: , NVDA, NVIDIA Corp
Quote: SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Nvidia Corp./quotes/comstock/15*!nvda/quotes/nls/nvda(NVDA17.84,+0.17,+0.96%) on Wednesday posted fourth-quarter net income of $131.1 million, or 23 cents a share, compared to a loss of $147.7 million, or 27 cents a share in the same period a year earlier. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip company said revenue in the period ended Jan. 31 more than doubled to $982.5 million. Excluding special items, Nvidia said fourth-quarter earnings were 23 cents a share. Analysts...
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