[mini news] US ITC finds nVidia guilty of infringing 3 Samsung patents

[zMeul]

source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-22/samsung-wins-first-round-in-graphics-patent-case-nvidia

 

A U.S. trade judge said Nvidia Corp. infringed Samsung Electronics Co. patents, offering another win for the Korean gear-maker in a running legal battle between the electronics companies.

The findings against chip-maker Nvidia by a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington are subject to review by the full agency, which can block products from entering U.S. markets.

The judge determined there had been a violation of three patents, and a public version of the determination will be released later, according to a release posted by the agency on its website.

 

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oh nVidia, Samsung is winning again ...

 

the patents in question: 6,147,385, 6,173,349 and 7,804,734 - they cover implementation of SRAM, a shared computer bus system with arbiter and a memory sub-system with a data strobe buffer

just last week, the same US ITC denied nVidia a review in another case where they accuse Samsung and Qualcomm of infringing on their patents: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/505808-usitc-declined-nvidias-review-petition-against-samsung/

[NeatSquidYT]

lel, nVidia really has got fucked up the arse the past couple of years. It's their fault though.

[Fetzie]

Which products would this affect?

[Notional]

Nvidia's ridiculous licensing agreement on kepler was an instant industry joke. Glad the us court agrees and is now beating nvidia onto submission.

[winningsince1337]

Which products would this affect?

If I had to guess, probably Tegra X1 based systems so, Shield Tablet, Shield TV, and other systems running the X1

[LAwLz]

Haven't looked into what the patents are yet but I am pretty pleased by this. Nvidia's lawsuit was stupid so it makes me happy to see them being punished for it.

[Nena Trinity]

Nvidia probably just have to pay Samsung!

[Ryzone]

Nvidia probably just have to pay Samsung!

Yeah and if that. Nothing is going to happen.

[Praesi]

Samsung want Money, NVidia has Money. Problem solved.

[The_Stig]

With Samsung reportedly making AMD chips, and winning a copyright battle against nvidia, this could be interesting.

[MoonSpot]

Nvidia, based in Santa Clara, California, gets most of its income from selling graphics chips, but hasn’t been able to get its processors widely used in phones and tablets. As an alternative, it’s trying to get royalties on its chip-related inventions, saying the competitors are using Nvidia ideas without paying for them.

- Linked Bloomberg article

 

That has kind of been the smell of it from the beginning imo.  We'll see what trade commission proper's findings are.

[Lethal Seraph]

So samsung is making amd chips, and now nvidia is in trouble for infringement rights. AMD for the win, thanks samsung!

[MrDynamicMan]

So samsung is making amd chips, and now nvidia is in trouble for infringement rights. AMD for the win, thanks samsung!

this is unlikely to affect AMD because (from what I've heard) it is the tegra x1 based devices that infrnge, and that occupys a niche in which AMD has no competing products. So its more along the lines of YAY,Nvidia is giving Samsung some pocket change.

[Lethal Seraph]

this is unlikely to affect AMD because (from what I've heard) it is the tegra x1 based devices that infrnge, and that occupys a niche in which AMD has no competing products. So its more along the lines of YAY,Nvidia is giving Samsung some pocket change.

Maybe so. I just think there's something brewing up. Could be trouble for nvidia if samsung backs up if not buys the whole entirety of amd. Hopefully it's for the best of consumer and industry as a whole.

[PlayStation 2]

Nvidia's been trying to play karma and she's finally caught Nvidia with their pants down.

 

Ahhhh... I love schadenfreude...

[weez]

lmao at the thread title "[mini news]' if this was an AMD thing zMuel would have put "[major new]"

 

Anyways, kinda getting sick of all these patent infringement law suits. The current patent system needs a major overhaul. 

[bogus]

Nvidia trying to play patent trolling with the big boys, and making funny posts on their blog with Samsung stealing from Nvidia xmas tree ... well guess who was the thief all the time? ! I wonder if they will make some cartoon about this.

[Guest Kloaked]

Rekt.

[ivan134]

Nvidia trying to play patent trolling with the big boys, and making funny posts on their blog with Samsung stealing from Nvidia xmas tree ... well guess who was the thief all the time? ! I wonder if they will make some cartoon about this.

Wait, what? Link pls

[Misanthrope]

And I just switched from an AMD to an Nvidia gpu:

 

[GalacticRuler]

AMD and Samsung working together + Samsung suing Nvidia over mobile GPUs = Mobile AMD GPUs

[CTR640]

Get rekt, nVidia.

[bogus]

Wait, what? Link pls

There you go, a NVIDIA Toon like they call it:

Source: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/12/23/samsung-itc/

[ivan134]

There you go, a NVIDIA Toon like they call it:

Source: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/12/23/samsung-itc/

Lol, wow.