NVIDIA Corporation Q1 FY2021 Earnings Call
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Quarter Overview
- Q1 FY2021 revenue was $3.08B, up 39% year-over-year and down 1% sequentially. Revenue slightly exceeded outlook.
- Strong performance driven by Data Center and Gaming segments.
- Mellanox acquisition closed on April 27 and contributed meaningfully to results; will be fully integrated into Data Center moving forward.
Segment Performance
Gaming
- Revenue: $1.34B, up 27% YoY; down 10% QoQ.
- COVID-19 caused early softness in China due to iCafe closures, but global stay-at-home orders drove a 50% increase in gaming hours on GeForce.
- Demand shifted strongly to e-tail as physical retail closed.
- Gaming laptop revenue grew at the fastest YoY pace in six quarters.
- OEMs introduced 100 new GeForce laptops in Q1; more to follow in Q2.
- RTX 20-series SUPER GPUs now driving high-end laptop demand; RTX 2060 at $999 expands market reach.
- Nintendo Switch platform gaming grew significantly both sequentially and YoY.
- Ray-traced Minecraft launched with wide acclaim; RTX ecosystem expanding with 33 games in pipeline.
- GFN (GeForce NOW) exited beta with 2M new users and 650+ supported games.
Professional Visualization
- Revenue: $307M, up 15% YoY, down 7% QoQ.
- Growth driven by laptop workstations and increased RTX adoption across design and visualization tools.
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