Nvidia is projected to sell about $430 billion in chips this year

Nvidia is projected to sell about $430 billion worth of chips this year. That’s a lot of silicon. The projection lines up with existing market forecasts for calendar year 2026. It arrives as demand for AI accelerators, the specialized chips that power data center workloads, shows no sign of cooling. The numbers behind the projection Start with the most recent quarter. In its August 2026 earnings release, Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of $96.2 billion. That figure was up 106% from the same period a year earlier. The data center business did most of the heavy lifting, contributing $89 billion. That works out to more than nine of every ten dollars Nvidia brought in during the quarter. For context, Nvidia reported fiscal 2026 revenue of $215.9 billion. The roughly $430 billion calendar-year chip sales projection is about twice that figure. The company’s forward guidance is even more ambitious. Nvidia’s CFO has pointed to annual revenue growth of about 70% for fiscal 2028, which would put sales near $673 billion. CEO Jensen Huang added his own marker. He indicated Nvidia expects to sell twice the chip volume next year compared with 2026. From gaming cards to AI infrastructure Nvidia...