Nvidia is the most important tech company on planet: analyst

Stage aside Apple and Google, Nvidia might be the new king of tech, a single analyst contends.

“Nvidia could be the most critical know-how firm these days,” reported Evercore ISI analyst C.J. Muse in a new take note on Monday. The analyst reiterated an Outperform score on Nvidia with a $375 cost target.

Shares of Nvidia rose slightly in afternoon buying and selling Monday to $277.

Muse’s upbeat just take on Nvidia comes very hot on the heels of the company’s closely viewed GTC convention, wherever it held nearly 1,000 classes that included a lot more than 1,600 speakers.

“Past owning ideal-in course hardware accelerator solutions with its GPUs, Nvidia is broadening its portfolio and deepening its experience across DPUs and CPUs, together with other areas these kinds of as connectivity and interconnects to set all of the pieces collectively. Then to make sure these elaborate solutions run seamlessly, Nvidia is continuing to pioneer software the two at the foundational level and software distinct level — which is key to the company’s TAM [total addressable market] growth and the total democratization of AI. Activities like GTC hammer these level property, with different buyers and ecosystem partners highlighting the improvements they are driving alongside with NVDA, and clear roadmaps for ongoing expansion for the following decade in addition,” Muse explained.

Just one space Nvidia is doubling down on is its autonomous driving platform.

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At Nvidia’s convention previous week, CEO Jensen Huang touted the company’s $11 billion auto-tech buy pipeline around the upcoming six years.

“Automotive will surely be our future multibillion-dollar company,” Huang advised Julie Hyman and Dan Howley in a Yahoo Finance Provides job interview. “The $11 billion is likely to be fairly a major business enterprise for us just in the vehicle. But if you glimpse at the totality of AV, I feel this is going to be one particular of the most significant AI industries in the earth.”

In the course of the conference, Nvidia place the probable market place for automobile-associated computer software, components and data-heart services at $300 billion.

Factors out Evercore ISI’s Muse, “Improvements across in auto systems, knowledge middle capabilities, connectivity, and AI/simulation (Omniverse) are enabling a transformation in the automotive industry now, top to an estimated $2 trillion chance from the monetization of car or truck providers over the coming 10 years (mostly led by Autonomous Driving and/or Mobility-as-a-Assistance).”

Brian Sozzi is an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Observe Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn.