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The patent angle is also interesting -- S3 did some important early 3d acceleration research, and it is literally impossible to ship a modern system that uses e
by Tuna-Fish 15y ago
The patent angle is also interesting -- S3 did some important early 3d acceleration research, and it is literally impossible to ship a modern system that uses either Direct3D or OpenGL without licensing some S3 patents. Every single laptop, notebook, game console or handset on the market today uses S3 tech, and now HTC has the ability to stop them from being sold. This is just the kind of blunt instrument that HTC needs to keep Apple and it's patent claims at bay.
- enjo 15y agoI wonder if this is more protective against Microsoft?
- msbarnett 15y agoErm, how would that work? Apple is just shipping PowerVR chips. Presumably PowerVR has the proper licenses, or a cross-licensing agreement with S3.
- MostAwesomeDude 15y agoThe relevant licensee is Microsoft, who got the ability from S3 to sublicense S3TC as DXTC. A little bit of every graphics card sold today goes back to Microsoft for that patent.