In the dispute between HTC Corporation and Apple Inc., the US International Trade Commission (US ITC) ruled in the favor of Apple, which is a reversal of the original decision. It turns out that Apple received a secret helper in the form of Advanced Micro Devices. Back in May 2010, S3 Graphics Inc. filed a [...]

In late September, S3 Graphics, still a subsidiary of VIA Technology and soon to be transferred to HTC, dragged Apple Inc. to court over charges of patent infringement related to graphics component IP of nearly all Apple products, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and iMac. Last month, AMD, now a main supplier of graphics processors [...]

However, since S3 has hit Apple with yet a patent infringement lawsuit, we can safely assume that the acquisition was mainly about S3′s patent base. S3 claims that Apple has been violating two of its patents, a VGA controller patent as well as well as a technology that describes “Block- and band-oriented traversal in three-dimensional [...]

After keeping its cool for 16 months, still-VIA subsidiary (and future HTC unit) S3 Graphics has fired off two more legal punches towards Apple by filing complaints with the US ITC (International Trade Commission) and with a court in Delaware. Both new cases mention the same two patents which are claimed to have been violated [...]

VIA Technologies, Inc. (“VIA”) today announced the signing of definitive agreement to sell all of its shareholding in S3 Graphics Co., Ltd. (“S3 Graphics”) to HTC Corporation (“HTC”). S3 Graphics is a leading provider of innovative graphics visualization technologies used in PCs, game consoles and, more recently, mobile devices. VIA acquired S3 Graphics in 2001 [...]

S3 Graphics unveiled the latest addition to its power-efficient Chrome Series graphics product family, the Chrome 5000E-based S3 Graphics Chrome eH1. Demoed at ESC 2010 April 27-29, Booth No.1238, the S3 Graphics Chrome eH1 is designed for harsh environments and industrial grade systems, offering extreme reliability and longevity, transforming any embedded platform into a multimedia [...]

S3 expands its offerings 5xx Chrome graphics cards, which appeared on the market in November 2008. Attach to it the fastest model in the series, Chrome 540 GTX. S3 Chrome 540 GTX in contrast to the other 5xx, which are sold as a low-profile versions, is a full graphics card. It is designed for PCI-Express [...]

S3 Graphics, once a major player in the graphics industry, is planning to shed a quarter of its U.S. based workers, according to techpowerup. Since it was taken over by VIA, S3 showed signs of recovery, as its IGPs are used in VIA based machines, but the company never recovered from its feud with Intel. [...]

S3 Graphics has released a new beta driver that enables OpenGL 3.0 support for S3′s Chrome 500 series. This will allow software developers to take advantage of OpenGL 3.0 on S3 Chrome 500 series via this new driver and GLSL 1.3 shading language on Windows XP and Vista. The new beta driver includes new OpenGL [...]

S3 Graphics combines best-in-class performance with the latest 3D graphics, Hi-Def? video, and digital display technologies in the Chrome 530 GT for desktop PCs. Supporting the latest MicrosoftR DirectX? 10.1 and OpenGL 2.1 graphics architectures for smooth, realistic 3D rendering and amazing PiP Blu-ray playback, the Chrome 530 GT offers mainstream users incredible value for [...]

S3 Graphics announced market debut of brand products from Fujitsu, equipped with graphics processors S3 Graphics Chrome 430 ULP (Ultra Low Power). As the company promises users will be able to benefit from the latest HD media available on the Internet and on CD, as well as games that require DirectX 10.1, as well as [...]

Chrome 440 GTX – created by popular demand! Chrome 440 GTX graphics boards give users the ability to enhance their PCs into a theatrical multimedia entertainment center for dual-stream (PiP) Blu-ray™ playback, consumer applications, and general 3D gaming. With support of the latest HD video codecs like H.264 and VC-1, along with a DirectX® 10.1 [...]

S3 Graphics presented the S3 Graphics GPU market in 4300 for embedded systems. The new processor combines the latest achievements in the field of play HD video, graphics rendering, support for various types of screens with the new power management features and is designed for game designers, digital information boards and other embedded multimedia applications. [...]