CNET bericht: "Nvidia on Thursday fired the latest bullet in the widespread battle over patents, accusing Samsung and Qualcomm of ripping off its graphics technology for their smartphone chips. The Santa Clara, Calif., company, best known for making graphics chips for PCs, filed separate suits involving seven of its patents with the International Trade Commission and US District Court in Delaware.
Nvidia said it asked the ITC to block shipments of several Samsung smartphones and tablets to the US, and requested the district court award damages for the alleged infringement. The products involved include several major devices from Samsung -- the largest smartphone maker in the world -- including the Galaxy Note Edge and Note 4 smartphones, which Samsung unveiled Wednesday, as well as the company's flagship Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S4 phones. The Note 3 was also mentioned, as were several Samsung tablet computers, including the Galaxy Tab S, Tab 2 and Note Pro. [...]
In a blog post Thursday, Shannon outlined the uses of the seven patents involved, saying they include "our foundational invention, the GPU, which puts onto a single chip all the functions necessary to process graphics and light up screens," as well as technologies that allow "every processing unit in the GPU to be used for different purposes" and allow "non-experts to program sophisticated graphics.""
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