HTC is set to purchase S3 Graphics from Via for $300M. With the acquisition HTC will obtain S3 Graphics’ portfolio of patents and pending applications however “HTC will provide a perpetual license of the S3 patents to Via,” according to HTC CFO Winston Yung. S3 received a favorable patent ruling on July 1, 2011 which might have served as a catalyst for the HTC move. HTC enjoyed record revenue of $1.55B in June and is looking to unseat RIM as the world’s no.4 Smartphone provider.
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In addition to four quarterly reports focused on market results, a subscription to the JPR Workstation Report includes two revisions of the JPR Workstation Report Semi-Annual, a complete reference manual on the workstation, and professional graphics businesses. Anything you want to know about the markets, technologies, and industry players can be found in this all-inclusive report.
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“The fixed workstation segment sputtered after a promising rebound in the waning days of the pandemic, dampened in part by the imminent refresh of Intel’s Xeon platform,” JPR Workstation Report author Alex Herrera explained. “Meanwhile, the mobile workstation saw an inevitable decline after several quarters of unsustainable pandemic-induced gains. And both segments are seeing some, varying degree of preemptive belt-tightening as all businesses wrestle with the “will it or won’t it” question of a possible near-term recession.”
TV Gaming Hardware market study – Bi-annual, Advanced financial modeling of the global TV Gaming Hardware market
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