Gaming & Automotive Segment Continues To Shield Nvidia Against PC Slowdown: Q2'16 Earnings Review

The company beat its Q2 2015 revenue guidance by a strong margin ($1.15 billion compared to its guidance of $1.01 billion, +/- 2%), driven by strong growth in gaming and automotive processors. Continued strength in the gaming and automotive platforms were offset by a slow PC Original Equipment Manufacturer market and weakness in enterprise, high performance computing and cloud. The PC market is expected to pick up pace with the launch of Windows 10 and Intel?s Skylake platform. The weakness in t...