For NVIDIA, Gaming Is the Story Now, but Artificial Intelligence Is the Future -- The Motley Fool

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock has returned a scorching 225% over the one-year period through June 15. Investors have been enthused by the chipmaker's strong financial performance across its four target market platforms: gaming, data center, professional visualization, and automotive. Gaming currently accounts for the largest percentage of revenue for the graphics chip specialist, but artificial intelligence (AI) is the future for the company -- and that's a great thing for investors because the burgeoning AI market is widely predicted to be beyond humongous. Here's how NVIDIA's business broke out in its most recently reported quarter, Q1 of fiscal 2018. NVIDIA's gaming business has some seasonality, with the fourth quarter of each fiscal year getting a boost from the holidays.