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Discussing the Legality of Patent Trolls, ARC, Nvidia 16-Pin Issues with Hoeg Law - Guest Telegrams (Patreon)

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2022-11-27 23:05:21
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Broken Silicon 181 will see the return of Richard Hoeg of the "Hoeg Law" YouTube channel!  So far the planned main subjects include:

Intel getting Patent Trolled by VLSI

Intel paying Patent Trolls to go after Companies

If Intel mislead investors with their ARC Alchemist "Launches"

The point at which Battlemage (or any product) hasn't launched as promised 

The Potential for Nvidia to be Sued over the 16-Pin Failures, and their obligations

But please - write in with other legal questions related to Nvidia, AMD, Intel, or other silicon/hardware companies that you are curious about!  This is a rare opportunity to ask legal questions of an expert who understands gaming - please don't be afraid to bring up things outside of what is listed above while you have the chance!  Just make sure it's well written, as concise as possible, and respectful.  

You have ~14 hours (till Late Monday Morning 11/28 US Central Time) to submit your inquiries below!  Sorry for the short-ish notice, it was a holiday weekend for both me and Richard!

Hoeg's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/HoegLaw

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/08/30/intel-who-coined-the-term-patent-troll-makes-deal-with-patent-troll-to-monetize-unused-patents/

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/89574/intel-forced-to-cough-up-949-million-in-patent-troll-vlsi/index.html

https://wccftech.com/intel-reaffirms-arc-alchemist-graphics-lineup-launch-in-q1-2022-new-gameplay-trailer-unveiled-at-tga-2021/

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-website-no-longer-mentions-q1-2022-as-arc-release-date

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-desktop-arc-q2-2022-laptops-q1

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-arc-a380-desktop-gpu-launched-in-china

https://youtu.be/cZr_LWAlDkg

https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-a770-price-release-date/

https://www.notebookcheck.net/OEM-reportedly-stops-manufacturing-Intel-Arc-A380-cards-citing-quality-concerns.639234.0.html

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/88411/intel-gpu-boss-raja-koduri-addresses-arc-cancelled-rumors-kinda/index.html

https://twitter.com/rajaxg/status/1553167858053484544?lang=en

https://youtu.be/ig2px7ofKhQ

https://twitter.com/harukaze5719/status/1593116520229797890

https://twitter.com/vpcf90/status/1593163940238065664

https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1585728173895200768

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-tells-board-partners-to-collect-geforce-rtx-4090-cards-affected-by-melting-16-pin-power-adapter#disqus_thread

https://www.igorslab.de/en/adapter-of-the-gray-analyzed-nvidias-brand-hot-12vhpwr-adapter-with-built-in-breakpoint/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/ydh1mh/16_pins_adapter_megathread/

https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/litigation/news/ibm-wins-appeal-reviving-fraud-claim-in-25-billion-lawsuit?id=42878

Comments

Wasmachineman_NL

How does Richard think about Intel stifling competition in the 80s and 90s by aggressively litigating anyone?

Prior is the theme 999

Hello Tom and Richard, awhile ago Nvidia got hacked and had the source code for DLSS “leaked” how much trouble would a company like AMD or intel get in if they decided to use the code or something coincidentally similar, or is it entirely possible to get away with it all together? Same as employees who leave/get hired by a rival company, how much of their previous work or knowledge are they able to bring to a new tech company if they are able to at all? How much do patents really protect a company’s work? Especially if someone decided to use some parts of or the code and not all of it?

Temet Nosce

With the latest GPU sales numbers out, it seems AMD has regressed in market share, with the figures showing they have about 8% with Intel at 4% and Nvidia at 88%. How is Intel, a brand-new player in the dedicated GPU space, already at half the market share of AMD? What does this say about Nvidia loyalty? Seems a bit surprising, considering RDNA 2 was so competitive with the 3000 series in rasterization while beating them in price to performance, as it also seems RNDA 3 will do. I find this really disappointing, considering the blatant price gouging Nvidia continues to get away with. Is this more of a statement on AMD, and its customers, or Nvidia and its customers?

Swiggles

Hey Tom and Richard. Do you think the frames generated by dlss3 count as advertisable fps increases. The frames are not accurate enough to stand alone but do achieve a similar high fps fluidity. The similar example I immediately think of is the Bulldozer litigation case AMD lost. With the definition of a frame imo as general as the definition of a cpu core do you see a viable lawsuit. Thank you for your time and I hope this question has less dlss3 generation in it!

Jeff Burns

Does Richard have any updated feelings on the Microsoft-activison merger with the new protests from Sony. And if he feels the merger won’t happen does he see any companies he may think could get through.

MelodicArmor

Welcome back to the show Rich! I would like your perspective on the situation that is ongoing between ARM and Qualcomm. Up until earlier this month there was a lot "they said this and that" moments. After it came to light that ARM is looking to possibly change the way they handle licensing IP and designs to partners and OEM's, do you think that this new information may garner the attention of a lot of western government agencies and market watchdog groups? Do you think it could shake up the legal landscape for companies looking to expand their own IP from one primary market into a secondary market?

Ryzza5

I would have to assume that all laptops and systems without a dedicated GPU would likely count as an Intel (integrated) GPU, unless of course the system is running an AMD CPU/APU

Brendon O'Connell

Two main rivals (Intel/AMD) are owned by the same three giant hedge funds...State Street, Vanguard, Blackrock. How does that pan out in the age of supposed "competition"? Can there be a Board conflict of interest in voting at investor meetings?

Timo H

Hi Tom and Richard, I saw one video where Richard suggested MS-Activision/Blizzard deal could be blocked by FTC, how likely is that at this point, almost a year in the process(MS/Xbox team has started planning their operations like deal went through already)?

Timo H

Hi Richard and Tom, just recently I saw Warren Buffett wants to buy big share of TSMC. I was wondering if there is possibility of FTC/SEC intervening in finance side deals? To me this looks very critical company for many other companies right now, just not same way merger like nvidia/ARM case. So far this case looks purely investing case, no other goals, but majority owner of any company has say to business decisions if that happens.

Gus

Hi Tom and Richard, Arm and Qualcomm are currently in a dispute over what the Nuvia acquisition means for the Arm licensing. Qualcomm seems to want to use the cheaper Nuvia license and Arm is claiming Qualcomm may not use any of the IP created at Nuvia and combine it with Qualcomm IP. Or at least, this is what I understood from what I read. Do you think Arm has a decent case regarding the IP claim? Related to this, do you think the RISC-V ISA being open source solves these legal issues for chip designers?

KarbinCry

If you are really looking for content, ask about the whole structure of IBM-GloFo deal and the subsequent GloFo-ONSemi deal. It§s older stuff, but seems quite wild to me. GloFo are the masters of the deal. They got paid $1.5bn by IBM to take IBM's fabs - mainly Malta and East Fishkill. And then, GloFo turned around and flipped East Fishkill (which is like 1/4 to 1/3 of Malta) to ON Semi for $430mio. So GloFo bought a big modern fab in Malta, and made almost two billion on the purchase 🤣 How is this a legal question? Because IBM is suing GloFo over this whole situation. Here's the most recent news on that case: https://www.paulweiss.com/practices/litigation/litigation/news/ibm-wins-appeal-reviving-fraud-claim-in-25-billion-lawsuit?id=42878

KarbinCry

Perhaps a counterfactual, comparing the legal challenges of Intel acquiring Tower Semi compared to the Intel-GloFo deal that Intel went for before that.

Kinihun25

Might be too late but what do you think of the FTC now trying to block Microsoft acquisition of Activison

Crast

Not a question, but Rick, thank you for the 40+ video series you've been doing on Microsoft-Activision, it's really nice to see the entire process, all the ups and downs broken down in digestible chunks

10GHz Netburst

in general who benefits from patent trolling? Is there any incentive for regulators to control or restrict it in any manner?