NVIDIA says patent settlement with Rambus unlikely
Despite a US court ruling that NVIDIA have infringed upon three patents relating to memory controllers held by Rambus, it appears that the graphics giant has no plans on rolling over and accepting this ruling, even with the danger of being barred from shipping products in the US potentially looming.
Nvidia Corp., whose graphics chips help run video games, said it won’t negotiate with Rambus Inc. after losing a U.S. trade agency decision that it violated three Rambus-owned patents.
“Rambus and Nvidia talked for eight years before they sued us,†David Shannon, Nvidia’s general counsel, said in an interview yesterday in Washington. “I don’t think it’s realistic to think that there’s going to be an agreement any time soon between the two companies.â€
Judge Theodore Essex with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington said Nvidia infringed three Rambus patents, while two others are invalid. His finding is subject to review by the six-member commission and, if upheld, could lead to a ban on imports of Nvidia chips and products that use them, including some computers made by Hewlett-Packard Co. Shannon said it won’t reach that point.
“Rambus and Nvidia talked for eight years before they sued us,†David Shannon, Nvidia’s general counsel, said in an interview yesterday in Washington. “I don’t think it’s realistic to think that there’s going to be an agreement any time soon between the two companies.â€
Judge Theodore Essex with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington said Nvidia infringed three Rambus patents, while two others are invalid. His finding is subject to review by the six-member commission and, if upheld, could lead to a ban on imports of Nvidia chips and products that use them, including some computers made by Hewlett-Packard Co. Shannon said it won’t reach that point.
Business Week has more on NVIDIA's response to this patent infringement case.
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AMD has 6-core CPUs and SATA 6Gbps motherboards due
What are the next big milestones on AMD's CPU and motherboard chipset roadmap?آ Of course, six-core CPUs are looming large for both AMD and Intel, while the former will also be bringing a new motherboard chipset to market to coincide with their "Thuban"-based processor release.
Details are starting to emerge about March updates to AMDs CPU and motherboard chipsets. Arriving in Q2 (May is claimed), four 6-core CPUs are slated for launch at the standard AM3 socket, taking the name "Phenom II X6 10xxT" - where the xx designated the model number.
OC Workbench alludes that they will start at 2.8GHz with a 140W TDP, and that each contains the normal 6MB L3 cache a quad core Phenom II currently uses. Notably the HyperTransport clock has also been increased from 2.0GHz to 2.4GHz, most likely in order to relieve the data stress of adding two extra cores.
The new 'Thuban' die is still made using AMD's 45nm SOI process, although recent advancements in FAB technology at AMD, which was evident in the recent Phenom II X4 965 C3 stepping, have made its leakage more manageable.
OC Workbench alludes that they will start at 2.8GHz with a 140W TDP, and that each contains the normal 6MB L3 cache a quad core Phenom II currently uses. Notably the HyperTransport clock has also been increased from 2.0GHz to 2.4GHz, most likely in order to relieve the data stress of adding two extra cores.
The new 'Thuban' die is still made using AMD's 45nm SOI process, although recent advancements in FAB technology at AMD, which was evident in the recent Phenom II X4 965 C3 stepping, have made its leakage more manageable.
bit-tech has more details on both "Thuban" and the 890GX motherboard chipset.
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