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Nvidia Disappoints Nervous Investors at Annual Meeting

In recent times, the market capitalization of chip-making giant Nvidia has fallen by about $500 billion, leaving investors concerned about its future. Despite dominating the AI semiconductor market and experiencing a significant increase in share prices, some fear that the company may have already reached its peak. These concerns were left unaddressed following the annual shareholder meeting last Wednesday.

During the meeting, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang did not raise any major red flags, but his statements did little to instill confidence in investors. While industry leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk still see the company’s graphics processing unit chips as vital in the generative AI field, competitors have begun developing their own alternatives. Although these new alternatives may pose a threat, their reliability could take some time to achieve. For example, Google announced plans to release its Arm-based CPU processor, Axion, in April, while Microsoft is also working on its AI chips.

Despite unveiling its next-generation AI chip, Blackwell, at the GTC conference, Huang did not provide specific details about its release date, pricing, or availability during the shareholder meeting. He claimed that Blackwell would become Nvidia’s most successful product, offering performance that is at least two times faster than its predecessor, the H100. Despite his positive outlook on Nvidia’s future and accomplishments within the industry, shareholders were not reassured as the company’s stock continued to decline.

Although Nvidia serves millions of developers and thousands of AI companies, shareholders remain uncertain about the company’s future prospects. The decline in stock prices suggests that investors are wary of the company’s ability to maintain its position as a leading provider of computing chips in the long term. While Huang remains optimistic about Nvidia’s trajectory, time will tell if the company can sustain its massive market cap and continue to dominate the semiconductor market.

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