A federal jury in Texas this week ordered Intel to pay VLSI technology about $949 million for infringing processor patents. Reuters report. Intel disagrees with this ruling and plans to appeal.
VLSI alleges that Intel’s Skylake and Cascade Lake processors violated patents covering CPU innovations, and its attorneys say violations cause “millions of infringements every second.” Intel claims that the company’s Skylake and Cascade Lake CPUs use in-house developed technology and that the patent VLSI obtained from NXP cannot cover the latest processors.
Based on court records accessed via pacerVLSI accuses Intel of violating its rights. 7,242,552 This patent covers a method of mitigating the defect problem caused by stress on the bond pad. This technique involves adding dummy metal lines to an interconnect layer to increase its density before generating other layers.
This isn’t the first time Intel has lost to VLSI. In March 2021, a Waco, Texas district court ordered Intel to pay VLSI his $2.18 billion for infringing two of his patents related to frequency management and memory voltage reduction. rice field. The patent was originally filed by SigmaTel and Freescale. Intel said he was unable to overturn the ruling in August 2021.
Intel and VLSI have extensive legal battles underway in various US and foreign courts. VLSI accused Intel of infringing 19 patents from Freescale, SigmaTel and NXP. Some lawsuits have been dismissed by judges, but many are still pending.
VLSI is managed by Fortress Investment Group, a private equity firm owned by SoftBank. SoftBank also owns Arm. Intel and Apple accuse VLSI, Fortress, and their affiliates of illegal patent aggregation.
