图形芯片制造商 S3出乎意料的购买Exponential Technologies 的微处理器专利所有权的行动令许多厂家莫名其妙。但是,有一种观点认为 S3准备进入集成微处理芯片的市场。通过 Exponential 的专利,S3可以结合自己的图形芯片技术开发微处理器。S3可以为低价位计算机和其他设备提供高速的图形加速微处理器。微处理器报告的半导体顾问和主编 Rich Belgard 认为:“S3可以将这些专利应用干顶置盒或掌上型计算机中。而且,这一策略可以使 S3从竞争日益加强的图形市场上脱身。”但是,费用将是一个难题。由专利开发和销售微处理器需要花费1000万到1亿美元的投资。这样的行动将把即使象 Intel这样有较好经济基础的公司推上一条坎坷 The unexpected move by graphics chip maker S3 to buy Exponential Technologies’ microprocessor patent ownership leaves many manufacturers baffling. However, there is a view that S3 is ready to enter the market for integrated microprocessors. With Exponential’s patents, S3 can develop microprocessors in conjunction with its own graphics chip technology. S3 offers high-speed graphics acceleration microprocessors for low-cost computers and other devices. Rich Belgard, a semiconductor consultant and editor in charge of the microprocessor report, said: “S3 can apply these patents in a dry-top box or a palmtop computer, and this strategy can get S3 out of the increasingly competitive graphics market.” But , The cost will be a problem. Developing and selling microprocessors from patents costs between $ 10 million and $ 100 million. Such an action would push even a company with a better economic base like Intel