Quite honestly, I think this is really all about their insurance company not wanting to pay up. It is, afterall, solely based on claims made by them, and no one else, released to the media, and then made public.
nVidia gave them all of the information they requested, and now, the insurance company, National Union puts out a statement saying nVidia “flooded National Union with technical data”, and now they want different information. Information nVidia doesn’t have access to, and so they can’t give it to them.
They have been maneuvering and positioning themselves into a position of being able to get a court to exempt them from any liability.
Which is, exactly, what they’ve done.
“So National Union doesn’t want to pay up. It wants the court to declare it has no duty to indemnify Nvidia because Nvidia has breached the terms of the agreement.”
This isn’t about chips, it’s about money. Typical of insurance companies, they want their premiums, but they sure as heck don’t want to pay out on policies.
I live by the old Jamaican saying...”stick to da evil wot you know best, mon”. I’ve had problems with ATI, and I’ve not had any problems with nVidia. For me, the decision is clear.
Please do note that nVidia has stepped up and replaced all of the alleged cards, it’s money that the OEM’s want for lost business, labor, and suffered reputation, that’s in question now.
Acute for laptop products.