Nvidia chipsets are defective too

Bumpgate: Only 630, 7050, 7100 and 7150 changed for no reason

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Why Nvidia’s Chips are defective

Bumpgate: Part One – A long and complex story

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Why Nvidia’s duff chips are due to shoddy engineering

Bumpgate: Part Two – The underfill

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What Nvidia should do now

Bumpgate: Part Three – The cock up

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Investigation confirms Apple Macbook Pros have Nvidia bad bump material

Bumpgate: We break out the electron microscope

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Nvidia plays the meltdown blame game

Bumpgate: Official story doesn’t mesh with reality

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Nvidia recommends not buying it’s defective chips

Bumpgate: Told ya so

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