Rambus Accuses Nvidia Of Patent Infringement

Memory-chip designer Rambus Inc., riding high from three major legal wins in recent months, has sued Nvidia Corp. alleging patent infringement.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, accused several Nvidia products with memory controllers of infringing 17 Rambus patents. The products include chipsets, graphics processors, media communication processors and multimedia applications processors.

Rambus is seeking orders barring the infringement as well as money ...