Nuovi risultati finanziari per NVIDIA

NVIDIA ha rilasciato informazioni ufficiali a commento dei risultati ottenuti nel corso del terzo trimestre fiscale 2005, terminato per il produttore americano lo scorso 24 Ottobre. Il fatturato si è assestato sul valore di 515,6 milioni di dollari USA; nuovo livello record per il produttore americano negli ultimi 2 anni.

Interessante anche l'utile netto del periodo, pari a 25,9 milioni di dollari contro un valore di 6,4 milioni registrato nello stesso trimestre del precedente esercizio fiscale. Nel corso del periodo NVIDIA ha presentato la propria gamma di soluzioni di fascia media ed entry level, famiglie GeForce 6600 e GeForce 6200, rafforzando la presenza nel segmento delle soluzioni desktop di fascia più alta con supporto alle API DirectX 9.

Di seguito i principali avvenimenti verificatisi, per NVIDIA, nel corso del trimestre fiscale di riferimento:

• NVIDIA launched and delivered volume production of three new desktop GeForce(TM) 6 graphics processing units (GPUs) designed for the mainstream and value segments including the 6600 GT, 6600 and 6200. Unit shipments of all GeForce 6 GPUs increased by more than 500 percent over the previous quarter.
• NVIDIA grew share from 26 percent to 64 percent in the Performance DX9 desktop GPU segment, and regained the number one spot, according to Mercury Research's Third Quarter PC Graphics Report 2004.
• NVIDIA announced and shipped the new NVIDIA nForce4(TM) family of PCI Express media and communications processors (MCPs). The NVIDIA nForce4 enables a new class of performance PCs with the introduction of the revolutionary SLI(TM) scalable graphics technology, ActiveArmor(TM) secure networking engine, native support for next generation SATA 3Gb/s hard drive technology and nTune(TM) system utility.
• NVIDIA's GoForce(TM) wireless media processor (WMP) is standard in Motorola's new 3G cell phones and has started volume production the third quarter. The WMP product line is now the Company's fastest growing business.
• NVIDIA announced the GoForce 3D 4500, the world's first 3D WMP to deliver high-performance 3D and multimedia functionality, revolutionary power management and 3.1 megapixel camera support in a single processor. Gizmondo Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Tiger Telematics Inc., announced that the GoForce 3D 4500 will be incorporated into Gizmondo's upcoming game pad.
• NVIDIA achieved record revenue in the workstation business group. Led by the NVIDIA Quadro(TM) FX 4400 SLI, the professional graphics industry's fastest solution, the Company's workstation business has grown approximately 100 percent year-over-year.