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NV终于完成3dfx全部收购工作

Nvidia buys 3DFX
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Wily Ferret: Tuesday, 06 May 2008, 8:31 AM

NVIDIA HAS FINALLY completed all the outstanding matters relating to its acquisition of graphics company 3DFX.
No, this isn't Back to the Future - just this week a federal bankruptcy court threw out the last remaining lawsuit over Graphzilla's monumental acquisition from 2001.
After picking up the firm for a bargainous $112m, there were plenty of unhappy parties - including creditors of the firm who believed they didn't get a big enough slice of the pie. They brought a lawsuit against Nvidia claiming it had underpaid fraudulently to avoid paying the debts.
A court threw out those claims and said that Nvidia had acted properly - although there is still the possibility that there will be an appeal.
"A trial was necessary to fully demonstrate that we conducted ourselves appropriately in the acquisition and we are very pleased with the Decision from the Court," said David Shannon, Nvidia's senior vice president and general counsel. No doubt he was very pleased with the outcome - any fule kno that its the learned fiends that do the best out of any lawsuit, regardless of who wins.

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NVIDIA终结与3dfx债权人诉讼
驱动之家[原创] 作者：Alright 编辑：Alright　2008-05-06 18:52:57 Loading [投递]


根据美国加利福尼亚州北区法院做出的判决，3Dfx公司的债权人对图形芯片制造商NVIDIA公司的指控已经有了结果，法院认为NVIDIA以较低价格收购3dfx的指控不能成立。

虽然现在3dfx公司可能像是古老的历史，但是直到20世纪90年代末，3dfx仍然是3D图形市场上一支劲旅。该公司成立于1994年，创建并引领了Windows、Mac电脑的3D图形市场。

但是3dfx自我封闭的开发管理模式最终导致了该公司的灭亡，2000年底，NVIDIA公司宣布以7000万美元现金加100万股票的形式收购3dfx。通过收购，NVIDIA也同时获取了3dfx公司的专利及商标。

3dfx的债权人后来起诉NVIDIA公司，认为其以较低的价格收购了3dfx，并要求NVIDIA对其损失进行赔偿，其要求的赔偿金超过1亿美元。不过根据本周法庭宣判的结果，法庭认定指控不能成立，3dfx债权人的估价理论“根本不可信”。