Nvidia's problem with weak packaging material that caused some of its laptop graphics chips to fail prematurely hasn't hurt the company's relationships with laptop makers that use its chips, a company executive said.

"It hasn't hurt us in terms of getting new design wins at all. None of the OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] held that against us or anything," said Ujesh Desai, vice president of product marketing at Nvidia, speaking on the sidelines of the Computex exhibition in Taipei last week.

"These are pretty complex devices and things happen every once in a while," he said.

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