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The thermal design of some laptops and the packaging material for the chips have been given as reasons for the problem by the company, which has released a new software driver to counter.
The new driver, which has been given directly to manufacturers, causes system fans to start operating sooner to reduce the 'thermal stress' on the chips.
Costly
It's both an embarrassing admission for Nvidia and a costly one - with the company putting a charge of between $150 million and $200 million against second quarter earnings to cover the cost of replacements.
The news comes on the back of Nvidia's admission that it is lowering its revenue forecast for the quarter due to pricing pressure and product delays
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