On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:38:35 -0500, Kevin Brosius wrote: > >I don't have any terribly recent info, but s3graphics was still under >the Via umbrella last time I checked. They had docs available as long >as you were willing to sign an NDA. The NDA allows source code release, >so is compatible with XFree86 development.
S3 Graphics is still a subsidiary of VIA. Note, however, that VIA seems to have moved beyond the Savages. Their latest motherboards come with a brand-new graphics architecture they call "Castle Rock". Thus, I strongly suspect the Savages are now orphans. >> --- Alexander Stohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hmm, SonicBlue (aka known as S3) has claimed >> > bankrupcy (Chapter 11) recently, so its a changing >> > situation with S3TC compression right now - It is likely that the compression technology went with the graphics group to VIA, and not to SonicBlue. >> > who will ever buy that patent and charge the world >> > for the next 70 years? A U.S. Patent is only good for 17 or 21 years, not 70 years. -- - Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
