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Graphics-chip king and Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendation NVIDIA
We already know about the price war with AMD
As the share price has swooned, I admit I've been looking intently at buying some NVIDIA shares. The one thing that's held me back was my fear that if you see one cockroach, you know there are a hundred more lurking under the fridge. Specifically, hearing NVIDIA warn of $150 million to $200 million in anticipated warranty costs last month, I wondered how many more charges might be hiding under NVIDIA's icebox.
No more
Management termed the final figure of $196 million "a non-recurring warranty charge." Later, in the post-earnings conference call, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang went a step further in allaying our concerns: "We're not expecting more writedowns in the future. When we scoped out the problem … we felt we had enough data to project out the anticipated failures from the various platforms that are out there."
Mind you, settling on a charge just $4 million short of NVIDIA's previous worst-case scenario doesn't seem conservative to me. But I'm willing to give NVIDIA some rope.
It's up to management to either hang itself, or hoist its credibility to new heights.
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