Share with friends and circle of friends with wechat scan QR code < / P > < p > Author: Du Yu < / P > < p > < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E8%8B%B1%E4%BC%9F%E8%BE%BE "> NVIDIA's fourth quarter revenue hit $5 billion for the first time in its history, up 61% year-on-year, with earnings per share higher than expected_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%B8%B8%E6%88%8F "> game < / a >, data center revenue, and annual revenue all set records, with game revenue accounting for half of quarterly revenue. Both the demand for video games and the demand for cryptocurrency mining triggered by the epidemic economy are positive. < p > < p > after hours on Wednesday, February 24, < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E8%8A%AF%E7%89%87 "> chip < / a > giant NVIDIA released a favorable financial report for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. After hours, its share price rose by more than 3%, close to the whole figure of $600, not far from the record high of $614 set on February 16. According to the financial report, in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year from October 26 last year to January 31 this year, NVIDIA's total revenue reached US $5 billion, the highest in the history of the company, breaking the best record of US $4 billion in the last quarter, with a year-on-year increase of 61%, higher than the market expectation of 55%. This quarter is also an important year-end holiday shopping season in the United States. < / P > < p > the adjusted EPS was $3.10, higher than the market expectation of $2.81, up from $1.89 in the same period of last year and $2.91 in the last quarter. Gross profit in the fourth quarter was 65.5%, which was in line with market expectations. < / P > < p > in terms of business, the game < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%98%BE%E5%8D%A1 "> video card < / a > chip revenue was the main driving force for record revenue, up nearly 68% year-on-year to US $2.5 billion, half of the total revenue, higher than the market expectation of US $2.39 billion, and breaking the record of US $2.27 billion in the third quarter. < / P > < p > another important business, the revenue of data center, which once exceeded the game revenue in the second quarter of last year, nearly doubled to US $1.9 billion year-on-year, which was the same as that in the third quarter and reached a record high. The market was expected to slightly drop to US $1.88 billion month on month. At the same time, auto revenue in the fourth quarter increased by 16% month on month to US $145 million, higher than the market expectation of US $141.9 million, but down 11% year on year. The revenue of professional visualization increased by 30% month on month to US $307 million, higher than the expected US $256.1 million, still down 7% year on year. < / P > < p > the company has also released the positive guidance for the next quarter up to April, with the estimated quarterly revenue of US $5.3 billion and the market forecast of US $4.5 billion. < / P > < p > throughout the fiscal year 2021, the company's total revenue reached a record high of US $16.68 billion, a year-on-year increase of 53%, and the non GAAP earnings per share was US $10, a year-on-year increase of 73%. < p > < p > Huang Renxun, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, said that 2020 is a breakthrough year for NVIDIA's computing platform, with a new revenue record in the fourth quarter. "Our pioneering work in accelerating computing has made games the most popular form of entertainment in the world", popularized supercomputing devices, and made ai the most important force in technology. < / P > < p > before the financial report was released, 32 of 39 Wall Street analysts rated NVIDIA as "buy", 7 rated NVIDIA as "hold", and only 2 rated NVIDIA as "sell". The average target price was US $602.15, which was nearly 4% higher than the closing price on Wednesday. < p > < p > in the past year, due to the strong demand for new chips and the shortage of supply, NVIDIA's share price doubled, far outpacing the S & P 500 index by nearly 16%. But in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, the company's share price fell 1%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 25% and the S & P rose 9%. < / P > < p > the analysis points out that the price of NVIDIA's chips based on the ampere technology in the secondary market is almost twice the company's recommended retail price. In addition to reaping the strong demand in the field of video games during the epidemic home economy, NVIDIA also has to face the surge of cryptocurrency mining demand under the background of bitcoin and Ethereum setting new records. < / P > < p > some industry observers believe that the shortage of NVIDIA chips may continue until the second quarter of this year, and the strong demand for games, the return of cryptocurrency mining industry and the launch of new products all provide favorable conditions for the upward trend of NVIDIA's share price. Rival Intel's better than expected results also suggest that the data center business will rebound this year. But the fact that chips are in short supply will limit the rise of its share price. < / P > < p > last week, NVIDIA said it hopes to ease the shortage of game graphics cards by launching a chip dedicated to cryptocurrency mining. According to 21 finance, on February 26, Beijing time, NVIDIA plans to officially introduce the new graphics card RTX 3060 to the market, which is a cheaper desktop game chip and is expected to detonate demand again. < / P > < p > however, Mitch Steves, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, believes that given the higher resale value of video game graphics cards, cryptocurrency miners are unlikely to buy chips specifically for mining. < / P > < p > at present, NVIDIA plans to buy chip design company arm with us $40 billion, facing heavy resistance from European regulators, and both the UK and the EU will launch a competitive investigation on the deal. In September last year, NVIDIA announced for the first time that it would acquire arm business from Softbank.