Just notebooks, honest
The only thing investors hate more than bad news is bad news coupled with uncertainty. However that’s exactly what happened when NVIDIA announced a one-time charge of between $150 million and $200 million from weak die/packaging material used in some previous generation GPU and MCP products.
The absence of specifics regarding which GPU and MCP (chipset) products were affected made everyone fear the worst and contributed to the kicking NVIDIA’s shares took subsequently.
In a bid to clear the situation up a tad, NVIDIA told us the following: Firstly, it says the issue is limited to just a few notebook chips and that NVIDIA hasn’t seen, nor expects to see this issue arise in any NVIDIA based desktops.
Secondly it insists that only a very small percentage of notebook chips are likely to be affected and that the likelihood is a product of environmental, usage and configuration factors.
Lastly, it made this generic we’re-on-the-case statement: “NVIDIA’s highest priority is to ensure complete satisfaction and delight for all of our customers. We fully stand behind our products and are cooperating with our partners to resolve the recently announced notebook field failure issue.”
Its statement about desktops would appear to be to address the issue raised by HEXUS.channel last week, that some partners suspect desktops will be affected too. This is a clear statement from NVIDIA that the issue won’t arise in desktops and is a welcome piece of unequivocal clarification. (cough!)
