VIA sues Apple, wants iPhone and iPad sales ban
Taiwanese chip company VIA Technologies has filed a complaint with the federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, through which it accuses US titan Apple Inc. of infringing three of its patents related to microprocessors.
VIA is asking for a jury trial and wants a US-wide sales ban to be issued on all Apple products that violate the three patents. The hardware targeted by this case includes the iPhone, the iPad and iPod, while the Mac line seems to be safe. It's highly likely that this battle may end quickly with a settlement.
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Zotac makes AMD A75 mini-ITX motherboard
As nobody doubted, Zotac released its newest HTPC-ready compact motherboard, a mini-ITX model called A75-ITX WiFi which is, as its name suggests, based on AMD's A75 chips and supports FM1 accelerated processing units .
Zotac's board includes two DDR3-1866 memory slots supporting up to 8GB of RAM, four SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, one PCI-Express x16 slots, dual Gigabit Ethernet, eight USB 3.0 ports (six on the back panel, two via a header), 5.1 channel audio, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, and DVI and HDMI outputs. The pricing has not been announced.
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AMD's Rick Bergman steps down
Less than a month after hiring a new CEO (Lenovo's Rory Read), AMD is experiencing some suit shakeup as former ATI executive Rick Bergman has resigned from his position as General Manager of the Products Group. CEO Read will serve as interim GM of the Products Group until a replacement is found.
While losing Bergman, AMD also added to its exec team, as it hired Comcast's senior vice president of engineering, Paul Struhsaker, as corporate vice president and general manager of the newly-formed Commercial Business Division. In his new role, Struhsaker will oversee product management and roadmap planning for AMD's server, high performance computing and embedded products.
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Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 to launch in October
Adobe has announced that Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will launch early next month. It promises that the release will enable the next generation of immersive application experiences across devices and platforms including Android, Apple iOS (via AIR), BlackBerry Tablet OS, Mac OS, Windows, connected TVs and more. Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 will enable game publishers to deliver console quality 2D and 3D games over the Internet to nearly all PCs, and a host of other mobile devices.
According to Adobe, media companies can take advantage of new features to seamlessly deliver protected feature-length, cinema-quality HD video through the Web, in mobile apps, and even with surround sound for connected TVs. Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 are suppose to provide a cross-device entertainment platform, enabling the best in online gaming and premium video while helping content publishers to reach the broadest possible audience with highly-leveraged development investments.
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