When Nvidia announced in early July that it has noticed a higher than normal failure rate in some of its notebook chips, investors reacted concerned, sending the company stock down 22%. The stock recovered after Nvidia apparently demonstrated good control of the issue and a one-time charge of almost $200 million.
But what seems to be a closed chapter and a black eye for the company could be a much more serious problem that is just taking off: Several industry sources confirmed to TG Daily what has been reported by some publications for some time: In contrast to Nvidia’s claims that only a limited number of GPUs are affected, sources indicated that “most” recent Nvidia GPUs carry the problem and a chance of failure, pushing the potential damage into stratospheric regions.
We have been chasing the Nvidia GPU problem for quite some time, trying to shed more light on an issue Nvidia refuses to release any meaningful information other than the statement that a limited number of notebook GPUs is affected. Charlie Demerjian from The Inquirer has been reporting for some time that Nvidia’s problem may be much larger than the company admits.
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