Sina Science and Technology News On the morning of November 16, Beijing time, it was reported that the federal judge of Texas in the United States ordered that Intel must compensate VLSI Technology LLC with 948.8 million dollars, because Intel's chip infringed a patent of VLSI.
VLSI is a patent holding enterprise, which belongs to the Fortress Investment Group, a PE company under Softbank. VLSI emphasized in the trial that Intel's Cascade Lake and Skylake processors violated its patent, which is related to optimizing data processing.
Intel spokesman responded that they strongly opposed the judge's ruling and the company would appeal; This case is just one of many cases that prove that the United States patent system needs to be reformed.
In March last year, VLSI won Intel in a patent lawsuit. The judge ruled that Intel should compensate 2.2 billion dollars. Intel has appealed. Last April, VLSI lost to Intel in a patent lawsuit. It seems that there are a lot of enmities between the two sides!
The patent involved in the latest lawsuit was acquired by VLSI from NXP Semiconductor. During the trial, VLSI lawyers criticized that Intel infringed countless times every second, and the judge ruled that Intel should pay compensation according to the amount given by VLSI.
Intel lawyers retort that the innovative technology was developed by the company's engineers, and Intel's modern processors cannot be compatible with VLSI's outdated technology.
