To af grafikchip branchens største navne har netop meddelt, at de dropper alle retsager de kører imod hinanden, hvori de beskylder hinanden for at stjæle den anden parts patenter, og indlede et stort samarbejde. Der er tale om nVIDIA (GeForce og TNT2) og S3 (S3 2000), hvad frugterne af dette samarbejde vil være, kan man kun drømme om, men mon der ikke sidder et par nervøse folk til krisemøde i 3dfx's bestyrelse lige nu?
Formanden, Jen-Hsun Huang, for nVIDIA udtaler: "With this announcement, we have reached an agreement that is mutually beneficial to both companies," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA Corporation. "Over the years, S3 has developed and acquired a rich portfolio of technologies in graphics, multimedia, microprocessors and system logic. Our license agreements with SGI and S3, combined with NVIDIA's rich technology patent portfolio, gives us a strong technology base on which to build winning products."
"Access to intellectual property is rapidly becoming the highest barrier to entry in today's PC graphics market," said Andrew Wolfe, Chief Technology Officer for S3 Incorporated. "Over the past ten years, S3 has built an incredibly strong IP portfolio through internal development, as well as through licensing agreements with Intel, Exponential, Cirrus and now NVIDIA. Based on our IP strength, S3 and NVIDIA rank as possibly the only two companies positioned to win long-term in the PC graphics market." |
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