AI-Generated Videos to Boost Nvidia Chip Demand: CEO Jensen Huang

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang forecasts a surge in demand for AI chips driven by AI-generated videos, addressing supply constraints and highlighting the company's impressive financial performance.
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Nvidia Faces Unyielding Demand for AI Chips

Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang is grappling with a challenge most companies would envy: demand far exceeding supply for the companyโ€™s AI chips and data center solutions.ย Despite concerns about a potential slowdown as Nvidia transitions from its current Hopper AI platform to the more advanced Blackwell system, Huang emphasized the strong demand for itsย products.ย 

People want to deploy these data centers right now,”ย Huang stated.ย “They want to put our graphics processing units (GPUs) to work immediately to start making and saving money. The demand is just so strong.”


Ahead of the earnings announcement, some Wall Street analysts speculated that customers might hold back on Hopper orders in anticipation of Blackwell units later this year.

However, Huang dispelled these concerns, noting thatย “Hopper demand grew throughout this quarter โ€” after we announced Blackwell โ€” which indicates the substantial demand out there.”

Nvidia AI Chip Supply Constraints and Manufacturing

Huang acknowledged that both Hopper and Blackwell platforms would face supply constraints well into the next year due to the intricate nature of these chips.ย 

Every component of our data center is part of the most complex computer ever made,”ย Huang said.ย “It’sย sensible that almost everything is constrained.”

Nvidia’s Strong Financial Performance Amid AI Demand

For the first quarter,ย Nvidia reported impressive financial results, surpassing Wall Street expectations.ย The company achieved adjusted earnings per share of $6.12 on revenue of $26 billion, marking a 461% and 262% increase from the previous year, respectively. Non-GAAP operating income reached $18.1 billion. Nvidia forecasts revenue of $28 billion, plus or minus 2%, for the current quarter, outperformingย analysts’ย expectations of $26.6 billion.

Nvidia Announces Stock Split and Increased Dividend

Nvidia also announced a 10-to-1 stock split, with shareholders set to receive ten shares for every one share they currently own, effective June 10 for shareholders as of June 7. Additionally, the company boosted its quarterly dividend to $0.10 per share, up from $0.04. This news contributed to a more than 9% rise inย Nvidia’sย stock in early trading Thursday.

Nvidia’s AI Training and Inferencing Strategies

Huang discussed how Nvidiaย willย manage the transition from AI training to AI inferencing, addressing concerns about large-scale cloud providers like Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG, GOOGL), and Amazon (AMZN) potentially shifting away fromย Nvidiaโ€™sย chips for inferencing. Huang remains confident inย Nvidia’sย position, asserting,ย “We have a great position in inference because it is aย reallyย complicated problem. The software stack is complicated, the models are complex, andย the majority ofย inferencing today is done on Nvidia. We expect that to continue.”

Nvidia’s Expansion Beyond Major Cloud Services

Huang highlighted the growth in sales to customers beyond major cloud service providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. Companies like Meta (META), Tesla (TSLA), and various pharmaceutical firmsย are increasingly purchasingย Nvidia chips. Notably, the automotive industry is becoming a significant market forย Nvidia’sย data-centerย chips.ย “Tesla is far ahead in self-driving cars,”ย Huang noted.ย “But eventually, every car will need autonomous capability.”

AI-Generated Video Demand to Boost Nvidia Chips

Huang also anticipates that AI-generated videos will significantly increase the demand forย Nvidia’sย chips. The rising need for more computing power to train and run advanced AI systemsย is fuelingย demand forย Nvidia’sย Grace Hopper chips, including the H200. This chip was first utilized inย OpenAI’sย GPT-4, a multimodal model capable of realistic voice conversation and interaction across text and images.

The generative artificial intelligence boom has been a major driver ofย Nvidiaโ€™sย recent success. As Big Tech companies rush to develop and deploy chatbots, Nvidia expects new AI models that can create videos and engage in human-like voice interactionsย to further boost orders for its graphics processors.

ย There’sย a lot of information in life that has to be grounded by video, grounded byย physics.ย Soย that’sย the next big thing,”ย Huang told Reuters.ย “You’veย got 3D video and aย whole bunchย of stuffย you’reย learning from. So those systems are going to be quite large.”

Broad Industry Demand for Nvidia AI Chips Continues

Nvidia’sย other customers, including Google DeepMind and Meta Platforms, have also launched AI image and video generation platforms, contributing to the surge in demand. The company forecasted quarterly revenue far above estimates after reporting more than five-fold growth in sales at its data center unit in the first quarter.ย 

The demand is broad-based, and the large language models need to be increasingly multimodal, understanding not just video but also text, speech, 2D, and 3D images,”ย said Derren Nathan, head of equity analysis at Hargreaves Lansdown.

AI models for video used in the automotive industry are also emerging as significant drivers of demand for Nvidia chips. Tesla, for example, has expanded its cluster of processors used in AI training to about 35,000 H100s as it pursues autonomous driving.ย Nvidiaโ€™sย finance chief, Colette Kress, mentionedย in a post-earnings callย that the automotive industry is expected to be the largest enterprise vertical inย Nvidia’sย data center business this year.

Nvidia’s Path Forward Amid Rising AI Video Demand

Nvidia’sย continuous innovation and ability to meet the rising demand for advanced AI systems are crucial as the company navigates supply constraints and transitions to next-generation AI platforms.ย The strong performance across various sectors, coupled withย new opportunities in AI-generated video and other multimodal applications,ย positions Nvidia for continued growth and success in the rapidly evolving technology landscape.


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