Nvidia spent $43.6 million on faulty graphics chips

In the last fiscal year Nvidia spent $43.6 million on warranties and product replacement claims, due to the lousy die packaging. We wrote about this before and you might remember that although the problem was existent on desktops as well, it's the laptop thermals that escalated the problem, whereas desktops happily chugged along thanks to superior cooling solutions.

Nvidia apparently set aside $196 million to deal with the warranties and replacement costs, which leaves $152.4 million still available. Nvidia also sent software updates to its vendors and the updates made the fans run more often in order to improve thermals and not stress these components to the point of breaking.

Still, the original $196 million might have been less than the company expected to pay for the slip-up, but the company still might have to cover the lawsuits from investors and angry customers, so they're still not in the clear.

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