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To: Patrick Grinsell who wrote (7776)9/30/1998 2:01:00 AM
From: Patrick Grinsell  Read Replies (1) of 16960
 
Fourthwave comments on Nvidia lawsuit:

NVIDIA seems to be collecting suits like beenie babies. This is
clearly not a good sign as it intends to go out with an IPO. In
spite of the fact that NVIDIA describes this as "nuisance
litigation" on the surface we are not so convinced. There is the
potential that this multi-texturing technology is at the heart of
DirectX 6.0. If so, 3Dlabs with its Permedia III and ATI with its
Rage 128 are at risk. More important, if 3Dfx seeks to get
aggressive, it could well severely impact the implementation of this
feature in D3D as implemented in future silicon. In this case,
Microsoft could end up being the loser. The net result is that
the whole industry loses when the API is under assault. Maybe
that is the intention of 3Dfx with its Glide API and this suit is
only the beginning.

Pat
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