NVIDIA has already ended the fiscal year 2012 on 29 January.
So, in the fourth quarter NVIDIA generated $ 953 million against $ 1066 million a quarter earlier (-10.6%). However, in the same period the previous year, NVIDIA managed to gain only $ 886 million (7.5%) Net income for the quarter declined from $ 178 million to $ 116 million profit rate fell from 52.2% to 51.4%. Earnings per share were $ 0.19 versus $ 0.29 a quarter earlier. As already mentioned, the shortage of hard drives in the autumn last year had a negative impact on sales volumes of video cards - the proceeds from this activity was reduced by 3.6%. The decline in Tegra 2 production proceeded more rapidly than expected. Falling revenues in this area reached 42.5%. According to Jensen Huang forecasts , lack of hard disk drives will be maintained until the end of the second quarter this year. In general, the limited production capacity for TSMC 28-nm chip production has a more noticeable effect on NVIDIA financial performance , than the deficit of hard drives.
Size of revenue for the fiscal year approached $ 4 billion , 12.8% increase over the previous year. Net income rose from $ 253 million to $ 581 million Profit margin increased from 39.8% to 51.4%. Earnings per share more than doubled, from $ 0.43 to $ 0.94.
NVIDIA Chapter is pleased with the results of the fiscal year 2012. Growth was observed in the direction of GPU and Tegra. Asus and NVIDIA confirms intention to release a tablet-based on Tegra 3 and worth $ 249. In the coming quarter, the company expects to earn between $ 900 million to $ 930 million in revenue, profit margins should oscillate near the 49.2%.
In the consumer sector, 53% of computers use discrete graphics solution on the market as a whole the figure is much lower - only 36%.