The fiasco was widely called "Bad Bumps" due to the issue being related to the solder used for the bumps on the underside of their chips.

It was a huge deal affecting major computer vendors like Apple, Dell, HP etc at the time, with failure rates on laptops with these chips being ridiculously high. I've also long wondered if this played a part in whatever reason Apple have for avoiding Nvidia GPUs for so long.

> https://semiaccurate.com/2010/07/11/why-nvidias-chips-are-de...

> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/NVIDIA-GPU-Chipset-Graphics...

Not usually a huge fan of theinquirer's tabloid style, but they did a pretty good job reporting on the issue back then.

> https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1047022/apple-note...

This was pretty well publicized circa 2008 when the events took place.

2012 and 2013 15" Macbook Pros used NVidia. I think Apple likes to alternate every generation or two, if only to keep their options open.

2010 MBP does, for sure. I need to disable that one, and use the Intel GPU instead. Using the Nvidia GPU causes random reboots.

Or maybe 2012. It’s been a while.