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Apple Drops Suit Against Ex-Chip Exec Williams Who Started Nuvia

48 points by pinewurst 4y ago

rektide 4y ago
Crazy day in dropping huge lawsuits, what with RED & counter-suer Nikon dropping their lawsuits as well. None of these have any resolution. The legal system just gets to keep ignoring the need to say anything about gobsmackingly massive situations.
- taspeotis 4y ago
  Nokia or Nikon?
  - rektide 4y ago
    Nikon! Fixed, thanks!
- rasz 4y ago
  This is bad news. Red has been using garbage patents (obfuscated Jpeg2000) to hold back compressed raw for years now :/ Nikon was on their way to invalidating those garbage patents. Not on the grounds of it being obvious technology using off the shelf third party algorithms, but on technicality - RED showed the tech and took preorders before applying for patents https://www.dpreview.com/news/9301564383/nikon-denies-red-s-lawsuit-concerning-compressed-raw-patents https://www.dpreview.com/news/9301564383/nikon-denies-red-s-...
re-thc 4y ago
Is Williams going back to Apple?
- zyang 4y ago
  Straight to Apple jail.
jjtheblunt 4y ago
Who can actually read these subscribers-only articles proliferating from Bloomberg on HN? That said, I’m personally all for subscriptions but don’t see a way forward for something like HN sharing of essentially private content.
- purjolok 4y ago
  https://archive.ph/8Pdlj https://archive.ph/8Pdlj
- mellosouls 4y ago
  Yeah it's annoying. Onus should be on the OP to provide a readable alternative, most don't and it gets left to helpful people like in the sibling comment here. I think sometimes the OP doesn't realise or has forgotten it can't be seen by others, but in many cases it's maybe laziness. The guidelines don't help in saying criticism is off limits either, it's too regular an issue.
- sieabahlpark 4y ago
  [dead]
- devbent 4y ago
  We either all complain about click-bait journalism and privacy invading ads, or we pay money for good content. Take your pick of what world you want to live in.
  - t-writescode 4y ago
    I want to have a pile of money I put money into and then, for every news article I consider reading, I want to have that website extract a little bit of the money from that pile. I don't want to spend $20 / mo for NYT or WSJ or any newspaper.
    - RealityVoid 4y ago
      Yes, yes, please, someone, do this! Cryptocurrency based micropayments for web pages, or something like this.
snvzz 4y ago
The incumbent seem to be nervous about RISC-V and new companies disrupting the market.
ksec 4y ago
Interesting. I am wondering if that is something Qualcomm has contributed to.
fooker 4y ago
Keeping up with the FAANG execs, a subscriber exclusive show by Bloomberg. Who am I kidding, there's enough audience for it I guess.
fmajid 4y ago
Williams was a key player in the rise of Apple Silicon and Apple’s been struggling since his departure: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-apples-war-for-chip-talent?rc=6k0bdw https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-apples-war-fo... (Sorry for the paywall, but it’s a very good article).

48 points by pinewurst 4y ago

Crazy day in dropping huge lawsuits, what with RED & counter-suer Nikon dropping their lawsuits as well. None of these have any resolution. The legal system just gets to keep ignoring the need to say anything about gobsmackingly massive situations.

taspeotis 4y ago
Nokia or Nikon?
- rektide 4y ago
  Nikon! Fixed, thanks!
rasz 4y ago
This is bad news. Red has been using garbage patents (obfuscated Jpeg2000) to hold back compressed raw for years now :/ Nikon was on their way to invalidating those garbage patents. Not on the grounds of it being obvious technology using off the shelf third party algorithms, but on technicality - RED showed the tech and took preorders before applying for patents https://www.dpreview.com/news/9301564383/nikon-denies-red-s-lawsuit-concerning-compressed-raw-patents https://www.dpreview.com/news/9301564383/nikon-denies-red-s-...

re-thc 4y ago

Is Williams going back to Apple?

zyang 4y ago
Straight to Apple jail.

jjtheblunt 4y ago

Who can actually read these subscribers-only articles proliferating from Bloomberg on HN? That said, I’m personally all for subscriptions but don’t see a way forward for something like HN sharing of essentially private content.

purjolok 4y ago
https://archive.ph/8Pdlj https://archive.ph/8Pdlj
mellosouls 4y ago
Yeah it's annoying. Onus should be on the OP to provide a readable alternative, most don't and it gets left to helpful people like in the sibling comment here. I think sometimes the OP doesn't realise or has forgotten it can't be seen by others, but in many cases it's maybe laziness. The guidelines don't help in saying criticism is off limits either, it's too regular an issue.
sieabahlpark 4y ago
[dead]
devbent 4y ago
We either all complain about click-bait journalism and privacy invading ads, or we pay money for good content. Take your pick of what world you want to live in.
- t-writescode 4y ago
  I want to have a pile of money I put money into and then, for every news article I consider reading, I want to have that website extract a little bit of the money from that pile. I don't want to spend $20 / mo for NYT or WSJ or any newspaper.
  - RealityVoid 4y ago
    Yes, yes, please, someone, do this! Cryptocurrency based micropayments for web pages, or something like this.

snvzz 4y ago

The incumbent seem to be nervous about RISC-V and new companies disrupting the market.

ksec 4y ago

Interesting. I am wondering if that is something Qualcomm has contributed to.

fooker 4y ago

Keeping up with the FAANG execs, a subscriber exclusive show by Bloomberg. Who am I kidding, there's enough audience for it I guess.

fmajid 4y ago

Williams was a key player in the rise of Apple Silicon and Apple’s been struggling since his departure: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-apples-war-for-chip-talent?rc=6k0bdw https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-apples-war-fo... (Sorry for the paywall, but it’s a very good article).