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Intel v. NVIDIA - When Chipset Agreements Go Bad
Posted by anand lalshimpi in | Feb. 20, 2009 8:00 AM
In recent news there's been talks about this Intel/NVIDIA lawsuit business that's going on. If you're not familiar with it, here's how it breaks down. Back in 2004 Intel bestowed unto NVID...
Under the Intel / Nvidia agreement, Intel was given full patent access by Nvidia. The new Larabee GPU was produced with technology from Nvidia patents. The bulk of Intel GPUs use Nvidia technology, good luck to Intel on this one. Intel needs Nvidia, without an agreement Intel GPUs will never hit the market. Nvidia owns the patents for the technology in Intel GPUs. Larrabee or any other incarnation from Intel that uses Nvidia tecnology is doomed.
Check the Legal Filings of Intel and Nvidia and do a rewrite.