PurSuiT Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Intel Sues Nvidia Over Chipset Licensing It's no secret that relations between chipmaker Intel and graphics developer Nvidia have become complicated lately, with Nvidia very publicly dismissing the quality of Intel's integrated graphics solutions and gunning not only for the high-end graphics market. Intel has filed suit against the graphics developer, claiming a four-year-old chipset licensing agreement between the two companies does not apply to future Intel processors with integrated memory controllers—and by that, Intel means it's forthcoming class of CPUs codenamed "Nehalem," a multi-core processor that will feature an integrated graphics controller and a new Direct Media Interface (DMI) bus. Nvidia, for its part, says it is confident the license agreement does apply to Nehalem…and even goes so far as to take yet another potshot at Intel in saying it will fight the lawsuit: "We are confident that our license, as negotiated, applies," said Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang An Intel spokesperson said the company has been trying to resolve the matter in discussions with Nvidia for over a year, but the companies had failed to reach an agreement, leaving a lawsuit as the only option. http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article...ipset-licensing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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