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pcstats.com - 3/25/2009

DIY Guides: How To Install/Remove Intel Socket 1366 CPU and Heatsink

— pcstats.com — Intel accomplished a couple of noteworthy things with its Core i7 socket 1366 processor formfactor, the most... noteworthy was integrating the memory controller directly onto the CPU die to substantially reduce the complexity of the motherboard. Major ... (more) DIY Guides: How To Install/Remove Intel Socket 1366 CPU ...

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xbitlabs.com - 3/30/2009

Nvidia Threats It Could Ban Larrabee from Entering the Market

— xbitlabs.com — Nvidia Claims It Can Terminate Cross-Licensing Agreement with Intel... (more) Nvidia Threats It Could Ban Larrabee from Entering the ...

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digitimes.com - 3/27/2009

Intel accused of using gamesmanship to force Nvidia out of the market, Drew Henry discusses ...

— digitimes.com — Ricky Morris, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Friday 27 March 2009] Nvidia has officially filed a counter suit with the... Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware against Intel for breach of contract. In the suit, Nvidia accused Intel of making an opportunistic ... (more) Intel accused of using gamesmanship to force Nvidia out ...

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Nvidia files countersuit against Intel
Fudzilla — ... and is seeking an injuction against Nvidia."We must defend ourselves and the rights we negotiated for when we provided Intel access to our valuable patents," Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said in a statement. "Intel's actions are intended to block us from making use of the very license rights that they agreed to provide." Nvidia claims the dispute was initiated by Intel, and that it has tried to reslove it peacefully for the past year. You can find Nvidia's press release here .

Nvidia countersues Intel
The Tech Report: News — ... against Nvidia over a chipset licensing dispute. In short, Nvidia believes its license agreement with Intel allows it to produce chipsets for Intel CPUs with integrated memory controllers (like the Core i7), but Intel disagrees. Well, Nvidia says it has now filed a countersuit against Intel , alleging that Intel is breaching the aforementioned license by trying to block Nvidia from making Core i7 chipsets. And here's the interesting part: Nvidia threatens to "terminate Intel's license to NVIDIA's valuable patent portfolio." Nvidia explains itself later in the press release, ...

NVIDIA Countersues Intel, Claims Breach of Contract
Tech-Ex — ... the 2004 cross-licensing agreement the companies signed ''does not extend to Intel's future generation CPUs with 'integrated' memory controllers, such as Nehalem." NVIDIA fired back then with a press release, and now with a lawsuit. On Thursday NVIDIA countersued Intel for breach of contract, additionally seeking to terminate Intel's license to NVIDIA's own patent portfolio. In a press release about the countersuit, Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA said: "NVIDIA did not initiate this legal dispute. But we must defend ourselves and ...

Escalation: Nvidia Files Counter-Lawsuit Against Intel
Maximum PC — ... "Nvidia did not initiate this legal dispute," Huang said. "But we must defend ourselves and the right we negotiated for when we provided Intel access to our valuable patents. Intel's actions are intended to to block us from making use of the very license rights that they agreed to provide." ...

CONFIRMED: NVIDIA to acquire VIA
Icrontic — ... as a strong contender in a potential VIA acquisition. It is accepted that NVIDIA stands to lose substantial revenues if it loses its Nehalem chipset license in the increasingly icy NVIDIA/Intel relationship. The firm has also been accused of ...