Palit denies Galax manufacturing facility is shutting down as a result of Nvidia RTX 5000-series chip shortages
What simply occurred? For the second time this yr, the Galax graphics card model has been compelled to disclaim that it is in hassle. This time, model proprietor Palit confirmed that its Galax manufacturing facility wasn’t closing down as a result of Nvidia not supplying sufficient RTX 5000 chips, one thing that had been rumored.
Palit’s official assertion says it’s conscious of current stories and hypothesis relating to Galax’s enterprise operations. It provides that the model continues to function as ordinary, no manufacturing services have been shut down, and Galax merchandise stay accessible in each home and worldwide markets.
The assertion additionally notes that Galax and Palit share the identical manufacturing services, with manufacturing and enterprise operations persevering with as regular.
The rumors stemmed from an “unique” information report by a Spanish outlet, which claimed trade sources had confirmed Palit was closing the Galax manufacturing facility as Nvidia could not present sufficient RTX 5000 chips to maintain it working.
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This could have been an particularly stunning flip of occasions, on condition that Galax launched the GeForce RTX 5080 HOF Excessive – the world’s first RTX 5080 with two 16-pin connectors – solely final week.
It is easy to know why folks might need believed this report. There have lengthy been rumors that Nvidia is prioritizing the GB202 chip used within the RTX 5090 for the extra profitable RTX Professional Blackwell-based fashions. It had even been claimed that the flagship was being discontinued, although Nvidia denied it.
Then there’s the entire Palit/Galax scenario. In April, Galax was rumored to be doing an EVGA and shutting down solely. Nonetheless, Palit, which has owned Galax since 2007, confirmed that it was present process a restructuring that introduced Galax’s operations instantly below Palit Group headquarters in Taiwan, sparking the rumors.
The corporate mentioned on the time that it might proceed to develop, produce, and help the Galax, KFA2, and HOF manufacturers to strengthen its presence within the discrete GPU market.
Finally, the rumor was simply one other impact of the AI-driven reminiscence chip disaster that has pushed the value of graphics playing cards to astronomical ranges. The RTX 5090, for instance, is tough to seek out for lower than $9,000 today – and we complained when it arrived with a $2,000 MSRP.
