NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 17, 2017 / NVIDIA shares soared to a new high on Tuesday after announcing that China's Chery Automobile Co. will be using the company's self-driving technology. The stock also had some optimism from analysts. Shares of Qualcomm also went higher after the company raised its profit forecast and said it would buy back stock if its bid to acquire NXP Semiconductors fails.

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NVIDIA Corporation shares may have closed down 1.29% on Tuesday but not before the stock hit a new high of $227.51 during intra-day trading. It was announced yesterday that China's Chery Automobile Co. will use NVIDIA's self-driving technology that the company has built with Baidu and ZF Friedrichshafen AG. NVIDIA also has partnerships with other companies regarding self-driving including Tesla. The company has said that China's Chery Automobile will be the first carmaker to adopt the new system. Analysts also had some positive things to say about the company this week. William Stein of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey wrote, "Despite our view that 2018 will be a year of growing pains for semis, Nvidia's strength in AI today, and autonomous driving in the future, make it the king of this jungle in our view." He also remarked, "While autonomous driving technology was the hottest topic at the [CES] event, we also noticed that much of the discussion centered around co-pilot technology, including the Nvidia-powered Volkswagen ID Buzz." Mizuho also raised its price target on NVIDIA from $225 to $240. The stock traded nearly 17.6 million shares yesterday.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated shares closed up 4.39% on Tuesday with almost 24.5 million shares traded. The stock headed higher after it was revealed that the U.S. chipmaker raised its profit forecast and that it may use funds to buy back stock if its $38 billion bid to acquire NXP Semiconductors NV doesn't come through. The company has adjusted its per share profit forecast to $6.75 to $7.50 in 2019 with revenue of $35 billion to $37 billion. Analysts are expecting profit of $3.79 per share on revenue of $23.59 billion. Chief Financial Officer George Davis said in a webcast, "With tax reform, we are well positioned to complete a large stock buyback that will deliver essentially the same level of accretion to Qualcomm stockholders as if we had closed NXP. Our preference is to close NXP, but not at all costs." Broadcom made a $103 billion cash and stock offer in November 2017 to buy Qualcomm, which the Company believes is significantly under its value.

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