NVIDIA denies exit from core logic market

Saturday 02nd August 2008, 01:33:00 PM, written by Rys

NVIDIA, in email communication with the Tech Report, has denied it is leaving the PC core logic market after a news report by Digitimes claimed it was.

The original story, citing a confidential source at a Taiwanese mainboard vendor, claimed that the Californian company was set to get out of the core logic business completely, following a meeting with its mainboard partners not too long ago.

In email to TR, NVIDIA's head of PR for its platform products said that Digitimes' story was completely groundless.

Check out Tech Report's news item for the full email text and discussion.

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Posted by nAo on Wednesday, 24-Sep-08 06:15:01 UTC
Quoting Geo
Well, "at will" is a little bit of a fiction in California. Tho if they spread it around pretty well they might be okay. But any gay, old, woman, black, armenian, etc. . .
Italian? Thanks for the hint, one day it might be useful! ;)

Posted by gostriker on Thursday, 25-Sep-08 00:40:05 UTC
Quoting Geo
Well, "at will" is a little bit of a fiction in California. Tho if they spread it around pretty well they might be okay. But any gay, old, woman, black, armenian, etc. . .
Edited: Toned down my discomfort with social commentary singling out people that are generally at a huge disadvantage. Lets hope not too many layoffs hit the US in the coming months.

Posted by Geo on Thursday, 25-Sep-08 04:22:47 UTC
The only "social commentary" that occurred was in your post. But feel free to take it to RPSC if you feel the need.

Perhaps what I knew that you didn't was that nAo works in California. I was just trying to tell him, as a recent immigrant to the US, to not sweat the literal interpretation of "at will" given the state he lives in. California "at will" *is* mostly a fiction given legal precedents in the state. If you do go to RPSC I'll be happy to start citing them for you.

Posted by nicolasb on Thursday, 02-Oct-08 13:52:39 UTC
My apologies if this has already been mentioned.... Nvidia, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are all being sued over the "defective chips" issue: http://www.itexaminer.com/nvidia-dell-hp-sued-over-defective-chips.aspx

Posted by Jawed on Friday, 10-Oct-08 19:29:39 UTC
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/10/apple_says_some_macbook_pros_affected_by_faulty_nvidia_chips.html
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"However, after an Apple-led investigation, Apple has determined that some MacBook Pro computers with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor may be affected," the company said. "If the NVIDIA graphics processor in your MacBook Pro has failed, or fails within two years of the original date of purchase, a repair will be done free of charge, even if your MacBook Pro is out of warranty."
Another one time charge, this time for Macs? Jawed

Posted by ShaidarHaran on Friday, 10-Oct-08 19:54:19 UTC
Quoting Jawed
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/10/10/apple_says_some_macbook_pros_affected_by_faulty_nvidia_chips.html


Another one time charge, this time for Macs?

Jawed
I don't recall seeing an official statement from NV WRT their $200 million write-off being limited to any specific OEMs. I believe any such statement would be speculation on the part of the author.

Posted by Jawed on Friday, 10-Oct-08 20:18:16 UTC
Quoting ShaidarHaran
I don't recall seeing an official statement from NV WRT their $200 million write-off being limited to any specific OEMs. I believe any such statement would be speculation on the part of the author.
Quoting AppleInsider
For its part, Apple also contacted Nvidia in July and was assured "that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected," it revealed in a support document (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377) for the first time this week.
So if the ~$200M excluded Apple, because NVidia was "certain" that no Mac computers were affected, then there is now a chance there will be another charge. Alternatively, if NVidia did include Apple in that charge, then, well... Anyway, at least they've stopped making these Macs with the faulty parts. Jawed

Posted by ShaidarHaran on Friday, 10-Oct-08 20:20:16 UTC
It could be that Macs might not have been affected because of better thermal design (i.e. larger/more efficient HSFs).

Posted by Jawed on Friday, 10-Oct-08 20:21:57 UTC
Quoting ShaidarHaran
It could be that Macs might not have been affected because of better thermal design (i.e. larger/more efficient HSFs).
Eh? Jawed

Posted by 2senile on Friday, 10-Oct-08 22:17:34 UTC
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377

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Apple is issuing refunds to customers who may have paid for repairs related to this issue. Please contact Apple for details on the refund process.

I assume this would apply for products outside Warranty so I
wonder whether Apple will be able to pass these costs on to nV?


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