Jensen Huang, Nvidia chief executive, says the company is in the right place at the right time.

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), a leading chipmaker based in Santa Clara, California, stunned analysts and investors with its robust revenue forecast, propelling the company towards a $1 trillion market capitalization and triggering a global surge in stocks related to artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia’s shares rose by up to 29% in premarket trading after the company announced an expected sales figure of $11 billion for the three months ending in July, surpassing analysts’ estimates of around $7.2 billion.

This surge in value would place Nvidia within $50 billion of joining the exclusive group of companies valued at over $1 trillion, including Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The company anticipates exponential growth in demand for computing power across various industries, including cloud and internet companies, automotive, financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. . (Yahoo Finance)

As the largest producer of advanced chips crucial for training the next generation of AI services, Nvidia’s optimistic outlook further fueled expectations for the growth of AI technology. This optimism extended to other industry players, with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TPE: 2330), and Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857), among others, experiencing significant stock gains. Collectively, these companies added over $260 billion in market value, despite prevailing concerns about the US debt limit and China’s economic slowdown.

Investors have increasingly placed bets on the transformative potential of AI, driven by the viral success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI-powered bots. Nvidia chips are highly regarded for their parallel processing capabilities, making them ideal for training software by processing vast amounts of data.

The market’s enthusiasm highlights the growing anticipation surrounding the advent of such next-generation AI, which many executives have compared to the emergence of the internet and the iPhone. ChatGPT’s stunning debut in November sparked a global race to develop similar AI services capable of generating content with minimal user input, ranging from poems to algorithms and images.

Despite previous waves of hype around cryptocurrencies and earlier iterations of AI that failed to live up to expectations, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang believes the company’s long-standing investments and expanding production capabilities have positioned it favorably for the current AI investment cycle.

While the dominant AI service provider is yet to be determined, investors are betting on increased research spending to drive the companies that supply essential components for AI development and hosting. However, Nvidia’s positive earnings report positions the company as the leading provider of AI software training components, allowing it to withstand the broader slowdown in technology spending.

CEO Jensen Huang believes AI technology is still in its infancy and emphasizes the need for tailored products for specific industries. Nvidia has developed online services and software tools to encourage wider adoption of AI beyond major cloud providers like Microsoft and Amazon’s AWS. As generative AI becomes the primary workload in data centers, Huang predicts a significant shift in budget allocation towards accelerated computing, further driving Nvidia’s growth and influence in the industry.

While Nvidia enjoys its success, rival Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) faces challenges in transitioning to AI technology, leading to a 1% decline in its stock. Investors anticipate that AI will accelerate a fundamental shift in data center technology for cloud providers and internet companies, favoring companies like Nvidia.

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