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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>The GeForce graphics card manufacturer goes for the 3dfx jugular.
August 28, 2000
Well in a turn that nobody really had expected in the war for your money, NVIDIA, the manufacturer of the GeForce line of graphics accelerators announced that it was filing a suit against 3dfx, the manufacturers of the Voodoo family of cards. These are two heavy hitters in the industry and could potentially have a fairly large effect on gaming.
The lawsuit involves five of NVIDIA's patents and seeks an injunction that would effectively restrain 3dfx from manufacturing, selling, or importing any of the graphics chips or cards that infringe on their patents including the Voodoo 3, 4, 5, and VSA-100 family of products. NVIDIA is also seeking monetary damages.
"We have always been on the forefront of innovation in 3D graphics technology and visual computing," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. "This innovation is achieved through the annual investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development. We cannot allow the fruits of this investment to be misappropriated."
Needless to say, if NVIDIA wins this lawsuit, it could mean the end of 3dfx. Keep your eyes and ears open for more on this one as we'll keep you informed as things unfold. Knowing big business and the courts, it probably won't be settled for quite some time, but it should be pretty interesting to watch.
-- IGN Staff[/quote]
-Keiichi
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>The GeForce graphics card manufacturer goes for the 3dfx jugular.
August 28, 2000
Well in a turn that nobody really had expected in the war for your money, NVIDIA, the manufacturer of the GeForce line of graphics accelerators announced that it was filing a suit against 3dfx, the manufacturers of the Voodoo family of cards. These are two heavy hitters in the industry and could potentially have a fairly large effect on gaming.
The lawsuit involves five of NVIDIA's patents and seeks an injunction that would effectively restrain 3dfx from manufacturing, selling, or importing any of the graphics chips or cards that infringe on their patents including the Voodoo 3, 4, 5, and VSA-100 family of products. NVIDIA is also seeking monetary damages.
"We have always been on the forefront of innovation in 3D graphics technology and visual computing," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. "This innovation is achieved through the annual investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development. We cannot allow the fruits of this investment to be misappropriated."
Needless to say, if NVIDIA wins this lawsuit, it could mean the end of 3dfx. Keep your eyes and ears open for more on this one as we'll keep you informed as things unfold. Knowing big business and the courts, it probably won't be settled for quite some time, but it should be pretty interesting to watch.
-- IGN Staff[/quote]
-Keiichi
