Tech research outfit Gartner expects to see PC shipments record their first year-over-year decline since the recession in the aftermath of the tech bubble bursting 12 years ago.
"It is a bit of a reach for Nvidia as it does not typically involve itself much with the end-user, " said Josh Walrath from the PC Perspective tech site.
Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist for TD Ameritrade, expressed some concern about tech earnings in a conversation earlier Thursday, noting that a lot of PC-makers had foreshadowed some challenges on the revenue side in September.