- Revenue is expected to be $2.35 billion, plus or minus two percent.
- GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 58.6 percent and 58.8 percent, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points.
- GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $672 million. Non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $570 million.
- GAAP other income and expense is expected to be an expense of approximately $2 million, inclusive of additional charges from early conversions of convertible notes. Non-GAAP other income and expense is expected to be nominal.
- GAAP and non-GAAP tax rates are both expected to be 17 percent, plus or minus one percent, excluding any discrete items. GAAP discrete items include excess tax benefits or deficiencies related to stock-based compensation, which we expect to generate variability on a quarter by quarter basis.
- Capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $65 million to $75 million.
Second Quarter Fiscal 2018 Highlights
During the second quarter, NVIDIA achieved progress in these areas:
Datacenter:
- Announced and began shipping NVIDIA® Tesla® V100 GPU accelerators
, the first GPU based on the new Volta architecture.
- Unveiled
new lineup of NVIDIA DGX™ AI supercomputers, with a large installation at Facebook.
- Announced the
NVIDIA GPU Cloud Platform, giving developers a comprehensive software suite for AI development.
- Disclosed that the world's 13 most energy-efficient supercomputers on
the Green 500 list run on NVIDIA Tesla accelerators.
- Announced partnerships with VW and Baidu to bring AI deeper into their organizations.
Gaming:
- Introduced
Max-Q, a design approach to make gaming laptops thinner, quieter and faster.
- Collaborated with Activision and Bungie to bring
Destiny 2 to the PC for the first time.
- Expanded GeForce® Experience™ to China, at the ChinaJoy gaming conference.
Professional Visualization:
- Introduced
Project Holodeck, a photorealistic, collaborative VR environment.
- Announced steps to bring
AI to ray tracing to advance the iterative design process, including the launch of
NVIDIA OptiX™ 5.0 SDK.
- Launched NVIDIA TITAN X and NVIDIA Quadro®
external GPU support for the 25 million creative professionals using thin and light notebooks.
- Released the NVIDIA VRWorks™ 360 Video SDK, which enables high-quality, 360-degree live stereo streaming.
Automotive:
-
Toyota selected
NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX for its next-generation autonomous cars.
-
Volvo and Autoliv selected DRIVE PX for self-driving cars targeted to hit the market by 2021.
-
ZF and HELLA, two leading automotive suppliers, announced a system based on DRIVE PX to deliver the highest NCAP safety ratings for cars.
- Baidu announced that its Project Apollo open-source self-driving platform for the China market will use DRIVE PX.
Edge Computing:
- Introduced the
NVIDIA Isaac robot simulator for training intelligent machines in simulated real-world conditions before deployment.
- Announced the NVIDIA Metropolis platform, used by more than 50 partners to make cities safer and smarter by applying deep learning to video streams.
CFO Commentary
Commentary on the quarter by Colette Kress, NVIDIA's executive vice president and chief financial officer, is available at http://investor.nvidia.com/.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
NVIDIA will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss its second quarter fiscal 2018 financial results and current financial prospects today at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time). To listen to the conference call, dial (877) 223-3864 in the United States or (574) 990-1377 internationally, and provide the following conference ID: 56356419. A live webcast (listen-only mode) of the conference call will be accessible at NVIDIA's investor relations website, http://investor.nvidia.com, and at www.streetevents.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay until NVIDIA's conference call to discuss its financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2018.
Non-GAAP Measures
To supplement NVIDIA's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets presented in accordance with GAAP, the company uses non-GAAP measures of certain components of financial performance. These non-GAAP measures include non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP other income (expense), non-GAAP income tax expense, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income, or earnings, per diluted share, non-GAAP diluted shares, and free cash flow. In order for NVIDIA's investors to be better able to compare its current results with those of previous periods, the company has shown a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures. These reconciliations adjust the related GAAP financial measures to exclude stock-based compensation expense, legal settlement costs, acquisition-related costs, contributions, restructuring and other charges, gains from non-affiliated investments, interest expense related to amortization of debt discount, loss on early debt conversions, and the associated tax impact of these items, where applicable. Weighted average shares used in the non-GAAP diluted net income per share computation includes the anti-dilution impact of the company's Note Hedge. Free cash flow is calculated as GAAP net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets. NVIDIA believes the presentation of its non-GAAP financial measures enhances the user's overall understanding of the company's historical financial performance. The presentation of the company's non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the company's financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, and its non-GAAP measures may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.
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Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to statements as to: adoption of NVIDIA GPU computing accelerating and driving growth; a growing number of car and robot-taxi companies choosing DRIVE PX; gaming being the world's most popular form of entertainment; GeForce and Nintendo Switch as the fastest growing platforms; the impact of AI and the company's Volta GPU; the company's intended capital return for fiscal 2018; the company's next quarterly cash dividend; the company's financial outlook for the third quarter of fiscal 2018; the company's tax rates for the third quarter of fiscal 2018; the impact and benefits of the NVIDIA GPU Cloud Platform, partnerships with VW and Baidu, Max-Q, Project Holodeck, OptiX 5.0 SDK, VRWorks 360 Video SDK, DRIVE PX, the NVIDIA Isaac robot simulator and the NVIDIA Metropolis platform; and the use of DRIVE PX by Baidu's self-driving platform are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: global economic conditions; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble, package and test our products; the impact of technological development and competition; development of new products and technologies or enhancements to our existing product and technologies; market acceptance of our products or our partners' products; design, manufacturing or software defects; changes in consumer preferences or demands; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including its Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2017. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on the company's website and are available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
