Re:MacOS finally gains external GPU support
by giobox on Friday March 30, 2018 @04:48PM
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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.
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...