Intel Files Lawsuit Against Nvidia

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We have just learned that Intel filed a lawsuit against Nvidia late last night in which it alleges that the four-year old chipset license agreement the two companies signed is not valid for Intel's current and future generation CPUs with integrated memory controllers.

This includes Nehalem - a chip that Nvidia has repeatedly claimed it holds a chipset license for. Intel, as evidenced by this lawsuit, begs to differ.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardwar...ainst-nvidia/1

Update:

NVIDIA responds to Intel court filing regarding chipset license agreement

NVIDIA responded to a Monday court filing in which Intel alleged that the four-year old chipset license agreement the companies signed does not extend to Intel's new integrated memory controllers which are found in the Core i7 (Nehalem) processors. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says NVIDIA is confident their licenses applies to Nehalem as well, and claims Intel is attempting to stifle innovation to protect its CPU business.

"We are confident that our license, as negotiated, applies," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. "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."

http://www.dvhardware.net/article33446.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0090218?rpc=44