After meeting with Nvidia's CEO and CFO, Evercore ISI analyst C.J. Muse said management believes that investors still severely underestimate the impact of Artificial Intelligence and the size of the potential AI market. Meanwhile, he contends that NVIDIA is creating "THE AI computing industry standard" that will be "nearly impossible to replicate." Led by AI in the Data Center and Automotive markets, he sees Nvidia having a clear path to $10 in EPS over the next 3-5 years and raised his price target on the stock to $250 from $180. Muse keeps an Outperform rating on Nvidia shares.

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SoftBank (SFTBY) is planning to spend Y150B, or $960M, by 2025 to boost the number crunching power at its computing facilities to develop world-class generative artificial intelligence, Nikkei Asia's staff writers report, citing sources. The company's computing power is likely to be among the highest in Japan once the investment is complete and graphics processing units will be bought from Nvidia (NVDA). Reference Link