Have we caught NVDA in a pair of lies? Not necessarily. At the very least, it suggests that NVIDIA had underestimated the size of the problem when it assured Apple that no Macbook Pros had been affected.Apple also states that Macbooks manufacturered between May 2007 and September 2008 may have used the defective parts, and that's a considerably longer span of time than what NVIDIA has previously implied. This discovery doesn't prove any of the wild rumors true, but it doesn't exactly prove them false, either.
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When NVIDIA first announced the issue, Apple stated that "NVIDIA assured Apple that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected." However, Apple's own investigation revealed that these chips in MacBook Pros were in fact failing.
This new information may not change the big picture, but it is a reversal of previous statements. failure rates were higher or that the defect impacted parts other than those NVIDIA indicated The company has stuck to its characterization of the problem since first announcing it, despite unproven allegations and rumors that GPU failure rates might be higher, or that other card models might be affected. Back in July, NVIDIA admitted their were problems with the mobile G84/G86 parts in certain laptops and set aside $200 million to fund repairs. There's no sign that Apple's admission is tied to any change in NVIDIA's overall position on the defect issue, or that fixing it will require NVIDIA to set aside additional funds.
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