Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[HTC 're-evaluates' S3 Graphics deal following patent defeat by Apple]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/24/htc-re-evalutes-s3-graphics-deal-following-patent-defeat-by-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/24/htc-re-evalutes-s3-graphics-deal-following-patent-defeat-by-ap/http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/24/htc-re-evalutes-s3-graphics-deal-following-patent-defeat-by-ap/#comments Just four months have passed since HTC announced its amorous intentions towards S3 Graphics and already the romance seems to be going sour. S3 lost its battle against Apple at the ITC a couple of days ago, devaluing its patent portfolio and subsequently forcing HTC into a "holistic re-evaluation" of its $300 million acquisition of the company. S3 can still appeal the ITC's ruling, however, so this fling might be far from finished.

HTC 're-evaluates' S3 Graphics deal following patent defeat by Apple originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleforecastsHTCITCminipostmobilepostcrosspatentrevenuess3s3 graphicsS3GraphicsThu, 24 Nov 2011 07:22:00 EST<![CDATA[HTC acquires S3 Graphics and its prodigious patent portfolio, dares you to sue]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/06/htc-acquires-s3-graphics-for-patent-portfolio-dares-you-to-sue/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/06/htc-acquires-s3-graphics-for-patent-portfolio-dares-you-to-sue/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/06/htc-acquires-s3-graphics-for-patent-portfolio-dares-you-to-sue/#comments Flush with cash, but not a fan of spending it on litigation? We hear you, and apparently so does HTC. The Taiwanese firm announced today it'll purchase S3 Graphics and its patent portfolio from VIA for a cool $300 million, giving the smartphone maker 265 new weapons in its IP arsenal. Also part of the deal is a perpetual license to the patents' former owner, so that the chipset manufacturer can keep cranking out silicon without fear of legal reprisal. Given HTC's competitors recently went on a giant patent shopping spree, we'd surmise that strengthening its warchest is, dare we say, quietly brilliant.

HTC acquires S3 Graphics and its prodigious patent portfolio, dares you to sue originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>htclawsuitlegallitigationpatentpatent portfolioPatentPortfoliopatentsS3S3 graphicsS3GraphicsVIAVIA technologiesViaTechnologiesWed, 06 Jul 2011 23:06:00 EST<![CDATA[VIA's Trinity Platform brings much-needed religious imagery to small form factor media acceleration]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/vias-trinity-platform-brings-much-needed-religious-imagery-to-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/vias-trinity-platform-brings-much-needed-religious-imagery-to-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/vias-trinity-platform-brings-much-needed-religious-imagery-to-s/#comments
Not to be outdone by NVIDIA's move to accelerate netbook graphics with its new Ion platform, VIA just debuted its "Trinity" platform, which pairs a VIA Nano chip with a Media System Processor like the VIA VX800 and a discrete S3 Graphics PCI Express GPU. VIA is aiming this lineup at netbooks and mini-PCs, and are planning to power DirectX 10.1, HD video, Blu-ray playback and Windows Vista. Sounds fine and dandy to us, but unfortunately, like with NVIDIA, we're at the mercy of the manufacturers who will actually be stuffing this into their product -- and they've sure seemed gun-shy with Nano so far. Hopefully this can change some of that, Christian Bale is only half as badass at 15 fps QVGA.

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VIA's Trinity Platform brings much-needed religious imagery to small form factor media acceleration originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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S3's Chrome 500 graphics processors handle Blu-ray, HD video originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>530 GT530GtChrome 500Chrome500directxdirectx 10Directx10GPGPUGPUgraphicsgraphics cardGraphicsCards3s3 graphicsS3GraphicsVIAFri, 21 Nov 2008 09:33:00 EST<![CDATA[VIA-owned S3 Graphics crashes the GPGPU party]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/via-owned-s3-graphics-crashes-the-gpgpu-party/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/via-owned-s3-graphics-crashes-the-gpgpu-party/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/17/via-owned-s3-graphics-crashes-the-gpgpu-party/#comments We know the past couple years haven't been kind to VIA-owned S3 Graphics -- market share has declined, and NVIDIA and ATI keep introducing fancy new technologies, making it tough to keep up. That said, we're inspired by S3's ardent attempts to stay relevant in an industry that won't easily make room for small competitors. The latest case in point: the company has released a photo-editing app to demonstrate the newly-programmed GPGPU (general-purpose computing on graphics processing units) functionalities of its DirectX 10.1 Chrome 400 line of discrete graphics cards. S3 claims its hard work has produced an HPC environment that can be used to reduce processing time for scientific and other applications from days to seconds -- we'll believe it when we see it, but you've gotta admire the tenacity.

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VIA-owned S3 Graphics crashes the GPGPU party originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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