Apple, Dell and HP laptops affected
Five plaintiffs have joined forces and suing Nvidia over allegedly faulty GPUs, which they are trying to have replaced.
They are accusing Nvidia of violating consumer protection laws, and if
the suit is granted class-action, it could potentially include millions
of laptop owners. Nvidia acknowledged the issue last summer, admitting
that significant quantities of its notebook GPUs were flawed.
However, in a filing with the SEC, Nvidia blamed TSMC, notebook
vendors, and even consumers for the mess. In the end, it said it would
take a $196 million charge to replace the faulty chips. Notebook
vendors reacted by issuing hotfixes which downclocked the chips and
increased fan speeds to combat the issue.
The plaintiffs claim that anything short of replacing the faulty units
is not enough, and that the hotfixes were a "grossly inadequate
remedy," as they negatively impacted performance and battery lifem,
whilst increasing system noise.
Last September, a New York law firm also sued Nvidia, accusing it of
breaking U.S. securities laws by not revealing the existence of the
issue for months.
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