Rambus files patent suit against Nvidia
Published: 11 Jul 2008 09:21 BST
Rambus is suing Nvidia, accusing the company of violating 17 Rambus-held patents on memory controllers. The suit was filed on Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
The California-based company said that chipsets, graphics processors, and media communication processors across six different Nvidia product lines are illegally infringing its patents. The patents held concern memory controllers for SDR, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, GDDR, and GDDR3 SDRAM.
Rambus is asking the court for an injunction, which would stop Nvidia from selling the products in question, as well as monetary damages.
In a prepared statement, Rambus's head legal counsel, Tom Lavelle, said that Rambus has been attempting to get Nvidia to purchase a licence for the patents, and the suit was the last resort. However, he said, Rambus hopes to settle the issue out of court.
Credit: Rambus sues Nvidia for patent infringement from CNET News
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