15.Dec.2000
Rainer Benda on ANF
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Trouble with Defective Crusoe Processors
NEC calls back notebooks
Shortly after notebooks with the Transmeta processor went on sale, they make negative
headlines. Because of defective chips, NEC calls back the sold notebooks.
NEC shipped the new notebooks La Vie XM. 284 in Japan for only a few days, now
they were called back because of defective processors. According to Transmeta,
the fault has already been fixed, the devices run without problem. Probably a
reaction to the defective chips: the stock market value of the processor manufacturer
dropped by 5.06 US$. Apparently, defective chips have also been built into the new
Sony Picture Books Vaio PCGCi VE. Other than NEC, the Japanese company does not
plan to call back the computers. An exact number of affected devices is not known
yet. US media speak of about 13,000. Sony offers free exchange of the notebooks if
difficulties with installing Windows appear.
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