SGI Sues ATI for Patent Infringement

Ynsats writes "The Register is reporting that SGI is filing suit against ATI for patent infringement. The suit alleges that ATI violated patent number 6,650,327, "Display system having floating point rasterization and floating point framebuffering", which was filed in 1998 and granted in 2003, in its Radeon graphics cards. This is coming fast on the heels of AMD's announcement of the intention to buy ATI for $4.2B and it doesn't seem to be swaying AMD's intentions. AMD hopes to finish the takeover by the end of this year. SGI has also issued an ominous statement stating that they have plenty of intellectual property left and there will be more litigation to come."

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SCO Mk II?

[pixelised]

"SGI has also issued an ominous statement stating that they have plenty of intellectual property left and there will be more litigation to come."

How many times can a Phoenix rise from the ashes? I remember another dying "S" company claiming MILLIONS lines of infringing code in some other OS... Look at their case now - a pile of ashes.

Paradigm Shift

[necrodeep]

We all knew it was coming, but it looks like SGI finally made the shift from Computer Maker - to Patent Company. Their business model failed - the only thing they now have to save themselves is the possibility that they may make money from Patents/Copyrights. Unfortunately, it's probably mostly stuff that can be seen in prior art. And litigation is likely to deplete their already depleted coffers (just look at the SCO case). Coming straight out of bankruptcy and going straight to litigation. I call this a bad sign for SGI stock holders.

And you thought the "S" stood for Silicon

[muzza]

It's SCO I tell you, the "S" stands for SCO.

In other litagous moves ScoGI have announced an intention to file suit against Intel over ownership of said patent. And every-one who designs, manufactures, sells or even looks at any kind of device for interaction between a computer and a human eye must pay us roayalties! Honest!