英伟达NVIDIA (NVDA) 2012年年度报告「NASDAQ」.pdf

1、NVIDIA CORPORATION2012 ANNUAL REVIEW,NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING,PROXY STATEMENT AND FORM 10-KFROM SUPER PHONES TO SUPER CARSNVIDIA awakened the world to computer graphics when it invented the GPU in 1999.From its roots in visual computing,the company expanded into parallel computing and mobile computi

2、ng.Today,its processors power a broad range of products from super phones to supercomputers to super cars.NVIDIAs mobile processors are used in phones,tablets and auto infotainment systems.PC gamers rely on GPUs to enjoy spectacularly immersive worlds.Professionals use them to create visual effects

3、in movies and design everything from golf clubs to jumbo jets.And researchers utilize GPUs to advance the frontiers of science with high-performance computers.Founded in 1993,NVIDIA has 7,300 employees and more than 4,500 patents granted or pending.To learn more about NVIDIA,go to 1DEAR FELLOW STAKE

4、HOLDERS,Revenue excluding chipsets,which we are exiting,grew 33 percent.Growth was largely driven by discrete GPUsincluding GeForce for gamers and consumers,Quadro for designers and Tesla for scientists and engineers.PC users continue to value GPUs.More than half of all consumers and nearly all desi

5、gners buy PCs with GPUs,reflecting the importance of graphics and our ability to continue providing amazing visual experiences.Tegra,our mobile processor,recorded revenue growth of more than 400 percent to$360 million.Our effort to engage the fast-growing mobile industry is paying off.We are one of

6、the very few companies from the PC industry to have made the leap to the mobile industry.And we announced and shipped Tegra 3,the industrys most advanced mobile processor,which has been adopted by top-tier phone and PC companies around the world.The year wasnt without challenges and disappointments.