Rising memory prices are putting serious pressure on GPU makers, and the budget graphics-card segment may be the first casualty. AMD and Nvidia are reportedly considering cuts that could reshape the entry-level market.

Nvidia ( NVDA +1.77%) recently held its GTC conference in Washington, D.C., and CEO Jensen Huang made several big announcements. The chipmaker is seeing significant demand for its most advanced graphics processing units (GPUs), and it's going to be working with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Wall Street has become increasingly interested in the useful life of Nvidia's graphics processing units, a question that has potential accounting implications for Nvidia customers. Hyperscalers estimate the useful life of Nvidia chips and then set their depreciation timelines accordingly.

An Nvidia G-Sync monitor used to require an Nvidia graphics card. People with AMD cards can now use the G-Sync monitors thanks to new developments.

Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) jumped about 5% premarket on Thursday after an "exceptional" quarter and "stellar" guidance, boosting its market cap by billions of dollars. "Nvidia Corporation is upgraded to a "cautious Buy" after strong Q3 earnings and stellar Q4 guidance reinforce its growth momentum,

According to commentary from Nvidia CFO Colette Kress, the company's Blackwell Ultra graphics processing units, or B300s, are now the company's "leading architecture across all customer categories." Meanwhile,

Shares of leading designer of graphics chips Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) jumped 2.1% in the morning session after the company reported third-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations and provided a strong revenue forecast for the upcoming quarter,

Nvidia reported a massive $57 billion in quarterly revenue, an increase of 62 percent over last year, exceeding expectations.

Nvidia’s earnings lifted U.S. stock futures and international equities, while the U.S. dollar rose as investors dialed back expectations of another Fed rate cut next month.