Virtuoso
02-19-2009, 05:54 PM
Most of us know about the lawsuit between Intel and NVidia, but it has recently gotten uglier.
NVIDIA took Intel's allegations head-on and attempted to recast the issue as a transition between old and new technologies, insisting that a patent license agreement it signed with the chipmaker back in 2004 affords it the right to develop chipsets for both current and future generations of Intel processors.
"We are confident that our license, as negotiated, applies," said NVIDIA president and chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang. "At the heart of this issue is that the CPU has run its course and the soul of the PC is shifting quickly to the GPU."
"This is clearly an attempt to stifle innovation to protect a decaying CPU business," he added.
Ouch, low blow. Especially considering how Intel is actually doing decently right about now.
From AppleInsider (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/19/nvidia_accuses_intel_of_fighting_innovation_with_l awsuit.html)
NVIDIA took Intel's allegations head-on and attempted to recast the issue as a transition between old and new technologies, insisting that a patent license agreement it signed with the chipmaker back in 2004 affords it the right to develop chipsets for both current and future generations of Intel processors.
"We are confident that our license, as negotiated, applies," said NVIDIA president and chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang. "At the heart of this issue is that the CPU has run its course and the soul of the PC is shifting quickly to the GPU."
"This is clearly an attempt to stifle innovation to protect a decaying CPU business," he added.
Ouch, low blow. Especially considering how Intel is actually doing decently right about now.
From AppleInsider (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/19/nvidia_accuses_intel_of_fighting_innovation_with_l awsuit.html)