Tesla Inc TSLA 1.91% is reportedly working with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD 1% to develop chips for driverless vehicles that incorporate artificial intelligence technology. While the partnership is certainly good news for AMD investors, shares of NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 0.46%, which also has a partnership with Tesla, were seen down more than 2 percent Thursday morning.
In a new note to clients, RBC analyst Mitch Steves said Nvidia investors have nothing to be worried about. According to Steves, there is plenty of Tesla business for both Nvidia and AMD, and the AMD news is just noise for Nvidia (see his track record here).
Steves says Nvidia investors should be prepared for AMD to steal a certain amount of market share in the auto and low-end data center markets, but Nvidia will remain the gold standard. Steves pointed out that Nvidia also has auto partnerships in place with a range of other companies, including Uber and Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) TM 0.52%.
“Overall, we think Nvidia remains as the primary workhorse/engine while AMD chips are used for specific applications to avoid giving Nvidia 100% of the AI content in self-driving vehicles,” Steves wrote. In fact, Steves says any news of increased investments in AI technology is good news for Nvidia in the long term.
In the near term, however, Steves says Nvidia traders should be prepared for some market volatility.
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