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The wikipedia page for Transmeta says they sued Intel for patent infringement in 2006, then licensed their tech to AMD & Nvidia, before being bought by another
by stephengillie 13y ago
The wikipedia page for Transmeta says they sued Intel for patent infringement in 2006, then licensed their tech to AMD & Nvidia, before being bought by another failed company, and having their patent portfolio wind up with our favorite patent troll, Intellectual Ventures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta#Timeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta#Timeline
- sp332 13y agoHm, what happened to this deal in 2008? http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/components/microprocessors-and-dsps/transmeta-signs-intel-ip-deal-and-prepares-for-sale-2008-09/ http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/components/microproces... The first agreement grants to Intel a non-exclusive license to use and exploit certain Transmeta technologies commercially. A second agreement is an amendment to a settlement and license agreement from December 2007, which granted to Intel a perpetual non-exclusive license to all Transmeta patents and patent applications. As a result it will receive from Intel a one-time, non-refundable payment of $91.5m in the third quarter of 2008.