Intel to Pay NVIDIA Technology Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion

[Ace Rimmer]

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - January 10, 2011) - NVIDIA announced today that it has signed a new six-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel.

For the future use of NVIDIA's technology, Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011.

NVIDIA and Intel have also agreed to drop all outstanding legal disputes between them.

"This agreement signals a new era for NVIDIA," said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA's president and chief executive officer. "Our cross license with Intel reflects the substantial value of our visual and parallel computing technologies. It also underscores the importance of our inventions to the future of personal computing, as well as the expanding markets for mobile and cloud computing."

Under the new agreement, Intel will have continued access to NVIDIA's full range of patents. In return, NVIDIA will receive an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees, to be paid in annual installments, and retain use of Intel's patents, consistent with its existing six-year agreement with Intel. This excludes Intel's proprietary processors, flash memory and certain chipsets for the Intel platform.

The existing agreement is to expire March 31, 2011.

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Intelova verzija:

“This agreement ends the legal dispute between the companies, preserves patent peace and provides protections that allow for continued freedom in product design,” said Doug Melamed, Intel senior vice president and general counsel. “It also enables the companies to focus their efforts on innovation and the development of new, innovative products.”

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[ivan90BG]

This excludes Intel's proprietary processors, flash memory and certain chipsets for the Intel platform.

U prevodu: Intelu je prošla besramna i kriminalna zabrana nVidiji da pravi čipsetove. Ovo pitanje bi trebalo da sredi sud, kao što je i urađeno sa procesorima.

 

[jox]

sta je uradjeno sa procesorima, kad nVidia i dalje nema licencu?

 

[lanmi86]

Cist monopol...

 

[ivan90BG]

sta je uradjeno sa procesorima, kad nVidia i dalje nema licencu?

Urađeno je davno, licencu je sudskom odlukom dobio AMD.

 

[yooyo]

Nvidia nema nameru da pravi chipsete. Ovo znaci samo bolju integraciju nvidia grafickih u sandy bridge... Verovatno neki novi Optimus.

Mali off.. Dik Mayer (AMD CEO) upravo dao otkaz... Kada ce Nedja da predje da radi za Intel ili Nvidiu?

 

[Dusan K]

U prevodu: Intelu je prošla besramna i kriminalna zabrana nVidiji da pravi čipsetove.

Pa kako mozes ikoga naterati da ti da nesto na sta prema ugovoru nemas pravo? Kako god, nisu im zabranili, NV je u proslom kvartalu prodala ~5 miliona cipsetova, od toga najvise Apple-u, naravno za Intel platformu. Problem za njih ce nastati kada Apple osvezi ponudu i predje na novu generaciju procesora... u tom trenutku ce NV cipset biznis prakticno umreti.

Nvidia nema nameru da pravi chipsete. Ovo znaci samo bolju integraciju nvidia grafickih u sandy bridge... Verovatno neki novi Optimus.

Upravo to, samo nece to uopste ici tako brzo. SB je sasvim dovoljno jak za svoju klasu, nece ni OEM-ovi vise juriti za discrete resenjima po svaku cenu.

 

[kUdtiHaEX]

Nvidia nema nameru da pravi chipsete. Ovo znaci samo bolju integraciju nvidia grafickih u sandy bridge... Verovatno neki novi Optimus.

Mali off.. Dik Mayer (AMD CEO) upravo dao otkaz... Kada ce Nedja da predje da radi za Intel ili Nvidiu?

Pa on i radi za Intel samo to ne zna

 

[Ace Rimmer]

U prošlom kvartalu su prijavili 11 miljardi profita ... milijarda AMDu, milijarda Evropskoj komisji, milijarda Nvidiji ... sića za mir u kući.

 

[Dusan K]

U prošlom kvartalu su prijavili 11 miljardi profita ... milijarda AMDu, milijarda Evropskoj komisji, milijarda Nvidiji ... sića za mir u kući.

11 milijardi prihoda... profit je bio "samo" 4.1 milijardi

 

[Ace Rimmer]

sorry, kriva informacija

 

[garson]

Problem za njih ce nastati kada Apple osvezi ponudu i predje na novu generaciju procesora... u tom trenutku ce NV cipset biznis prakticno umreti.

To nikako nije dobra stvar.

 

[Tomas73]

Pročitao sam negde da NVidia ulazi u projekat kreiranja CPU-a za desktop računare, koliko je ovo pouzdana inf. i mogu li se oni takmičiti sa INTEL-om i AMD-om na tom polju uopšte?

 

[Ace Rimmer]

A Apple navodno priprema notebook na ARM-u, moglo bi se dogoditi da se opet nađu.