X86 License, Including Rights To Make an x86 Emulator Intel/NVIDIA SettlementĦ Year Extension of C2D/AGTL+ Bus LicenseĭMI/QPI Bus License Nehalem/Sandy Bridge ChipsetsĪccess To Unspecified Intel Microprocessor Patents. One way or another the 3 rd party chipset market is dead. This also recognizes the long-term problem with producing a chipset for these processors, as with an on-die memory controller there’s little for NVIDIA to do on DMI-based CPUs beyond adding a south bridge (although we would like USB 3 support…). This seems to be quite alright with NVIDIA, who claims they are done making chipsets – as far as we know they wound-down their chipset operations some time ago, and the GeForce 320M chipset (seen in Apple’s 13” and 11” notebooks) was the final chipset for the company. So while the company can continue to produce C2D chipsets, they will not be able to produce a Nehalem or Sandy Bridge chipset. The most notable bit here is that the chipset license agreement will now formally define that NVIDIA does not gain rights to DMI/QPI, which the agreement defines as being Intel processors with an on-chip/on-die memory controller.

The cash settlement goes hand-in-hand with the rest of the settlement, which settles the outstanding legal ambiguity about the previous Intel/NVIDIA chipset licensing agreement, along with establishing a new six year agreement between the companies that largely extends the previous chipset agreement. As a result this doesn’t give NVIDIA an immediate and large cash infusion, but it will add to their bottom line for the next several years NVIDIA has never had a yearly loss larger than the Intel payments, so it’s safe to say that they are likely going to be in the black for the next six years even if their operations generate a loss. As per the new six year cross-licensing agreement between the companies, Intel will be paying a portion of the settlement for each of those six years - $300mil on January 18 th of this year, another $300mil on 20, followed by $200mil in 2014-2016.

Notably, this is not a lump sum but rather will be paid in installments. This is larger than the EU fine ($1.45bil) and larger than AMD’s cash payout ($1.25bil). Intel will be paying NVIDIA a total of 1.5 billion dollars as part of the terms of the settlement. The biggest (or at least, least ignorable) component of the settlement is a cash settlement between Intel and NVIDIA. Officially both sides are settling their differences and dropping their suits, however the terms of the settlement look to be in NVIDIA’s favor versus Intel’s favor. As was the case with the AMD/Intel settlement, today’s settlement with NVIDIA paints Intel as being the loser in the proceedings.

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