On a conference call to discuss the company's fiscal first-quarter results, Nvidia Chief Financial Officer Marv Burkett said the company expects revenue to rise 12 percent to 18 percent in the second quarter.
Chief Executive Officer Jen-Hsun Huang said Nvidia will launch its new chip, code-named "NV35," next week, replacing the NV30.
"NV 30 had several well-documented problems and was not a successful product for us," Huang said.
But he said NV35, which has been in production since early this year at the company's main foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. , was a superior product.
Michael McConnell, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, said the NV35 ought to let Nvidia regain a competitive advantage over chief rival ATI Technologies Inc. and their high-end Radeon 9800 Pro product.
"I would say that it does seem like a very competitive pipeline of higher-margin products," McConnell said, adding that he estimated NV35 would provide a 5 percent to 10 percent performance improvement over the ATI chip.
---So it looks like when it launches, it will also be available (been in production since early this year) unlike the NV30.
Chief Executive Officer Jen-Hsun Huang said Nvidia will launch its new chip, code-named "NV35," next week, replacing the NV30.
"NV 30 had several well-documented problems and was not a successful product for us," Huang said.
But he said NV35, which has been in production since early this year at the company's main foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. , was a superior product.
Michael McConnell, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, said the NV35 ought to let Nvidia regain a competitive advantage over chief rival ATI Technologies Inc. and their high-end Radeon 9800 Pro product.
"I would say that it does seem like a very competitive pipeline of higher-margin products," McConnell said, adding that he estimated NV35 would provide a 5 percent to 10 percent performance improvement over the ATI chip.
---So it looks like when it launches, it will also be available (been in production since early this year) unlike the NV30.
