French Frag Factory

Vous l’avez sans doute lu partout : NVidia vient d’intenter un procès à 3DFX pour interdire la vente des dernières voodoos. D’après NVidia, 3DFX leur aurait piqué des brevets.

NVIDIA’s lawsuit involves five NVIDIA patents and seeks an injunction restraining 3dfx from manufacturing, selling or importing infringing graphics chip and card products including VooDoo3, Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 and VSA-100 family of products, as well as monetary damages. The lawsuit alleges that 3dfx’s graphics chip and card products which are used to accelerate 3D graphics on personal computers, infringe on the following NVIDIA U.S. Patents: No: 5,687,357; No. 5,721,947; No: 5,758,182; No: 6,023,738; and No: 6,092,124.
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« 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. »

De plus vous pourrez trouver une interview du Daily radar
concernant les vues de l’avenir des cartes graphiques par NVidia.