The demand for advanced AI chips will be a focal point in Nvidia’s report on February 26, as investors question the corporation’s significant spending on its products following the emergence of an affordable alternative from DeepSeek, according to Reuters.
The debut of the R1 model by the Chinese competitor caused a record $593 billion drop in the market capitalization of the world’s second most valuable company due to skepticism about maintaining the advantages of its chips in the AI race.
“If Nvidia can demonstrate that it can ‘beat [market forecasts] and raise [guidance],’ it will be positive for the stock,” said Spear Invest CIO Ivana Delevska.
Analysts expect the company’s revenue to have increased by 72% year-on-year to $38.05 billion in October-December, marking the slowest pace in the last seven quarters. For comparison, in the previous five reporting periods, the growth of the metric was in triple digits.
The market anticipates a 60% year-on-year increase in the January-March period.
“Investment plans by Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon in [artificial intelligence chips] paint a positive picture of demand for Nvidia,” noted Gabelli Funds portfolio manager John Belton.
The agency noted that with the Blackwell series, the company began transitioning from selling individual chips to full-fledged AI computing systems, complicating production scaling.
Initially, implementation was also hindered by design miscalculations and an increase in defect rates, although Nvidia has rectified these issues.
Reuters recalled the corporation’s management statement about expectations of Blackwell’s revenue exceeding initial forecasts.
In 2025, Nvidia will launch a new generation of compact Jetson Thor computers for humanoids, according to the Financial Times.
In December, the corporation introduced Jetson Orin Nano Super—”its most affordable supercomputer” with generative artificial intelligence.