ASRock Rack Inc (永擎), which produces server motherboards and rackmount servers, yesterday said it expects fourth-quarter revenue to rise about 5 percent from the previous quarter, driven by demand for artificial intelligence (AI) products, including Nvidia Corp’s HGX B200 servers.
Although shipment volumes are likely to remain flat, the average selling price of its products is projected to increase, supporting overall revenue growth, ASRock Rack vice president Hunter Chen (陳式仁) said on the sidelines of a business presentation in Taipei, ahead of the company’s main board debut next month.
The company — a subsidiary of iPhone assembler Pegatron Corp (和碩) — earlier this month reported third-quarter revenue of NT$6.63 billion (US$216.3 million), up 193 percent from a year earlier.
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Revenue for the first nine months totaled NT$17.51 billion, a 266.2 percent annual increase.
AI server-related products, which include servers such as the B200 and B300 platforms, accounted for 80 percent of the company’s sales during the period, followed by general-purpose server motherboards at 10 percent and general-purpose server systems at another 10 percent, the company said.
The company has been shipping small volumes of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000 servers since the previous quarter, which are expected to contribute to revenue in the second quarter of next year, in line with its previous guidance, Chen said.
The company has order visibility across its three main product lines through the first quarter of next year, he said.
The company’s general-purpose server business this quarter is likely to surpass the previous quarter’s performance, supported by rising demand from tier-2 and tier-3 cloud service providers (CSPs), chairman L.L. Shiu (許隆倫) said.
Tier-2 CSPs refer to smaller or regional cloud infrastructure operators that provide data storage, computing and AI services, but operate on a smaller scale than hyperscalers, Shiu said.
The outlook for AI server-related products also remains strong, with clients’ forecasts staying positive, he said.
However, the supply of key materials — including those for Nvidia’s B200 and B300 platforms — has tightened since the end of last month, delaying deliveries by two to three weeks, he added.
The company said its clients are mainly global AI start-ups, such as computing power rental suppliers.
It also counts US data center infrastructure operators and tier-2 CSPs, as well as European automation developers and Asian system integrators, among its clients, it added.
Headquartered in Taipei, the firm operates warehousing and after-sales service centers in California and the Netherlands, with production sites in Taoyuan, China’s Shenzhen and Vietnam.
Its motherboards and graphics cards are manufactured in China, Vietnam and Taiwan, and can be shipped from Taiwan to US customers upon request for specific production sites, with overall capacity remaining sufficient, Shiu said.
While system assembly capacity remains tight at this stage, it is expected to stabilize next month, he said.
If customers request production in the US, the company would consider working with existing partners, but has no plans to build its own production lines, he added.
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