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元器件交易网讯 2月13日消息，据外媒Slashgear报道，2013年四季度英伟达表现好于预期，今日公司宣布因GeForce GTX显卡大卖本季度营收达11.4亿美元，并因进军移动市场对下一季度表现表示乐观。
英伟达称2013年四季度营收较三季度增长9%。尽管净利润下跌毛利率及经营开支攀升，同比仍增长3%。
英伟达CEO黄仁勋称“季度营收远高于我们的预期，PC游戏带动了GPU业务的显著增长。”虽然近几年PC销售情况不佳导致产生计算机产业进入“后PC”时代的种种预言，但并未影响游戏及视频处理等方面对高品质画质的追求。
“特斯拉和Quadro（英伟达设计的显示芯片）均创造了年收入新高”，黄仁勋补充道。这表明GPU在越来越多的应用程序和服务中在处理方面的提供的优势超过CPU。
事实上GeForce GTX显卡的销量同比增长了近50%，但笔记本GPU销量方面有所下降。
移动方面英伟达尚未能复制早期Tegra的成功，但该公司指出与手机和平板相比他们会开发更多移动芯片组应用。其中之一是汽车行业，英伟达与奥迪合作开发名为“数字座舱”（"digital cockpit"）的娱乐、导航及云服务。
甚至包括自动驾驶，黄仁勋提到。“Tegra K1为自动驾驶铺平了道路”，他认为192和的芯片能比英特尔的Haswell提供能好的表现。
英伟达预计2015年一季度营收为10.5亿美元。（元器件交易网毛毛 译）
以下为原文：
NVIDIA saw better than expected quarterlyrevenue in Q4 2013, the company has announced today, reaching $1.14bn amidstrong sales of GeForce GTX video cards, and predicting another solid quarteras it renews its push into mobile. Revenue was up 9-percent versus Q3 2013,NVIDIA said, and up 3-percent year-on-year, though net income fell as grossmargin and operating expenses climbed.
"Quarterly revenue came in well aboveour outlook, driven by PC gaming, capping an outstanding year for our GPUbusiness," NVIDIA chief Jen-Hsun Huang said of the results. Although PCsales have struggled in recent years, leading some to predict the computingindustry is headed into a "post-PC" era, that hasn"t seemed to impactthose looking for high-performance graphics, such as for gaming and videoprocessing.
"Tesla and Quadro both achieved recordannual revenue" Huang added, suggesting that the role of the GPU hadexpanded considerably as more apps and services take advantage of theprocessing power on offer beyond the core CPU.
In fact, GeForce GTX video card sales wereup almost 50-percent compared to the previous year, though sales of notebookGPUs did fall somewhat.
As for mobile, NVIDIA is still yet toreplicate its runaway success with earlier iterations of Tegra, but the companypointed out that there are more applications for mobile chipsets than phonesand tablets. One such avenue is automotive, with NVIDIA working with Audi amongothers to power the so-called "digital cockpit" of infotainment,navigation, and cloud services.
That could even lead to cars that can drivethemselves, Huang suggested. "Tegra K1 is disrupting the auto industry,paving the way to self-piloted cars" he argued, with the 192-core chipalready said to be offering more performance than Intel"s Haswell.
Looking ahead, NVIDIA estimates revenues ofaround $1.05bn for fiscal Q1 2015.
