Nvidia seems to be taking quite a beating today, with their stock
prices dipping some 25 percent after the company revealed a financial
forecast cut short due to slowing sales, product delays, pricing
pressure from AMD / ATI, and a hefty $150 - $200 million payout to
cover the expected cost of faulty chips.
Details are sketchy but Nvidia believes that the problem is caused
by the thermal design of some laptops and packaging material used on
the afflicted chips. So far there’s no word as to what product lines
are affected, with them only saying that the problem involves
‘significant quantities’ of its previous-generation laptop GPUs and
media control processors (MCPs).
To tackle the problem, Nvidia is releasing a driver update that
will cause system fans to start operating sooner to reduce the thermal
stress on the chips – of course it would also adversely affect battery
life. The timing for Nvidia is terrible with AMD / ATI apparently on a
roll, and could mean an opening for the latter to gain further ground
in the graphics chip business. Time will tell.
From : http://www.techspot.com/
prices dipping some 25 percent after the company revealed a financial
forecast cut short due to slowing sales, product delays, pricing
pressure from AMD / ATI, and a hefty $150 - $200 million payout to
cover the expected cost of faulty chips.
Details are sketchy but Nvidia believes that the problem is caused
by the thermal design of some laptops and packaging material used on
the afflicted chips. So far there’s no word as to what product lines
are affected, with them only saying that the problem involves
‘significant quantities’ of its previous-generation laptop GPUs and
media control processors (MCPs).
To tackle the problem, Nvidia is releasing a driver update that
will cause system fans to start operating sooner to reduce the thermal
stress on the chips – of course it would also adversely affect battery
life. The timing for Nvidia is terrible with AMD / ATI apparently on a
roll, and could mean an opening for the latter to gain further ground
in the graphics chip business. Time will tell.
From : http://www.techspot.com/
