Laptop Maker Quanta Sues AMD, Claims AMD Supplied Defective Chips
Laptop Maker Quanta Sues AMD, Claims AMD Supplied Defective Chips
Posted 01/04/2012 at 12:38pm
| by Brad Chacos
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What’s it look like when two 800 lb. gorillas engage in brutal battle? Literally, it’s probably pretty scary, but we’ll find out the figurative answer soon enough, because today Quanta – the world’s largest contract notebook maker – slapped AMD with a breach of contract lawsuit. The company claims that AMD (and ATI) sold them defective chips that overheated and caused NEC-branded laptops Quanta made to malfunction, dealing Quanta “significant injury to prospective revenue and profits.”
That’s not all; Bloomberg reports that Quanta’s suit also alleges all kinds of fraud, breaches, negligence and more. The company is looking for damages and a full jury trial. On its end, AMD says Quanta is, well, full of crap.
“AMD is aware of no other customer reports of the alleged issues with the AMD chip that Quanta used, which AMD no longer sells,” Silverman told Bloomberg. “In fact, Quanta has itself acknowledged to AMD that it used the identical chip in large volumes in a different computer platform that it manufactured for NEC without such issues.”
By the way, that's not an image of one of the malfunctioning notebooks. Quanta simply says the AMD chips didn't meet heat tolerances -- no exploding involved.
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DogPatch1149
January 04, 2012 at 6:51pm
I wonder if they're talking about the Turion X2 CPUs from back in the mid-to-late 2000s.
I have two HP laptops from that era with TL-52 and TL-56 CPUs, and the thermals...well, let's just say that even with Arctic Silver 5 and additional shims installed between the heat spreader and the GPU, the CPUs idle in the mid-50 to low-60C range, especially the TL-56.
Combine that with the defective soldering and the bad nVidia GPUs (GeForce Go 6150s with high levels of lead in the substrate of the chip), and the picture above isn't that far from the truth.
kixofmyg0t
January 04, 2012 at 11:36pm
I had a HP DV6000 with a TL-56 AND a Geforce 6150. Never had heat related problems with it and it survived two tours in Iraq. The TL-56 never had thermal problems. People just NEVER clean anything.
AntonioGarrison
January 04, 2012 at 2:43pm
Processors don't blow up. However they will get up to 300+ degree's (especially AMD processors) smoke alittle and stop working. I could see them setting something on fire that wasn't fire retardent or properly protected by a coating of some sort.
I've had ONE AMD processor burn out on me, way back when AMD Athlon XP and Duron's were available. I smelled something burning, the computer shut off and I saw a small cloud of smoke come out of my computer. Everything in the computer was fine, however the processor was toast.
kixofmyg0t
January 04, 2012 at 11:38pm
Oh yes they do. Back in the day I had a Prescott Pentium 4....which most of the people here dont even remember I bet. It sure as shit blew up and burnt the entire computer case.
Ive been an AMD fan ever since.
sirnotapearing
January 04, 2012 at 2:24pm
looks like an hp laptop in the picture. now is that a intel or a windows stamp on the side.
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