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News Samsung sues Nvidia, alleges benchmark fudging

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Gareth Halfacree, 12 Nov 2014.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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  2. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    If I want to see benchmarks, to help inform a buying decision, I look at independent test results, such as those obtained by Bit-Tech, rather than go to the manufacturer for information.
     
  3. Anfield

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    The two most secure jobs in the world:

    1: Grave Digger
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    3. Apple lawyer

    For practical purposes, 1, 2 and 3 can be regarded as the same thing. :p
     
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    Loved that blog full of Samsung original designs...
     
  6. DC74

    DC74 Doh!

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    Yeah problem is it seems to be Nvidia initiating some of the suits. I wished they would all stop this BS of suing over minor patent infringements. The industry needs some kind of international arbitration service they way its going as these law suit do nothing but damage company reputations.

    I know I wouldn't buy anything from Apple after seeing what they have been upto in recent years they even tried to patent shapes for gods sake, they are just greedy corporate fools that sue people at the drop of a hat, so they won't ever get my business even if their stuff is great quality.

    Nvidia and Samsung on the other hand I have a phone and GFX card from them, great quality and I've bought Nvidia cards for the last 10 years. Samsung on the other hand I've got a Galaxy S1 and it still going 4 years later. I just wished they would all learn to play nice and stop suing each other, afterall it's the lawyers that profit and we the consumers that ultimately pay the price.
     
  7. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    Most people probably don't know much about what company is suing another.
    Suing other companies is a profitable business, one case that spring to mind is how much Microsoft earn from each Android device sold.
     
  8. icyironside

    icyironside What's a Dremel?

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    copyright is the devils work if it wasn't for copyright we might have had humans on mars instead of remote control cars
     
  9. Snips

    Snips I can do dat, giz a job

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    Or people controlling remote cars on mars
     
  10. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    It seems poor old Velocity Micro have been called in this lawsuit because Samsung want's to game the system. :grr:

    A message from our CEO – Velocity Micro responds to Samsung’s lawsuit
    http://www.velocitymicro.com/blog/message-ceo-velocity-micro-responds-samsungs-lawsuit/
    AFAIK Velocity Micro are nothing more than a computer system manufacturer, it all stinks IMHO.
     
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    So are they suing VM because they use Nvidia cards and no other reason?
     
  12. Umbra

    Umbra What's a Dremel?

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    Getting ridiculous, that sounds almost like a genuine case of fraud :confused:
     
  13. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    From what i can tell pretty much, well that and they are based in Virgina.
     
  14. loftie

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    I suppose, depending on which chips Nvidia are claiming Samsung uses that infringe upon it's patents, the same could be said of Nvidia suing Samsung. Basically, if they're targeting only the Qualcomm chips in Samsung phones and not the Exynos chips, then Samsung are only using them in phones that they sell, similar to VM using Nvidia GPUs in PCs they sell.

    I remember reading this somewhere, and that Samsung was arguing this point too.
     
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    Or people controlling remote people in cars on Mars.
     
  16. Corky42

    Corky42 Where's walle?

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    It looks like Samsung have lost it's marbles.

    Samsung asks the US government to block NVIDIA's chips
    http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/22/samsung-itc-complaint-against-nvidia/
     

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