Taiwan-based chipset makers including VIA Technologies and ULi expect to
obtain patent rights for dual-graphics platforms from ATI Technologies and
Nvidia.
ATI and Nvidia stated that they are still in discussions with Taiwan chipset
companies and declined to provide details before any decisions are made. VIA
and ULi also refused to comment, as
DigiTimes.com reports.
ATI?s forthcoming 90nm R520graphics chip will support dual graphics cards
using the company?s Multi-Rendering platform, and is slated for delivery in
the latter half of May at the earliest, according to the company. ATI?s
Multi-Rendering solution is positioned to compete with Nvidia?s
Scalable-Link-Interface (SLI) technology.