HTC is to buy GPU specialists S3 Graphics, in a deal which will see the smartphone company take all existing shares held by VIA – which bought S3 back in 2001 – and investor WTI, which part-funded the company in 2005. The deal, worth $300m, will see VIA take away $147m and HTC grab the company’s low-power, HD-capable graphics expertise along with a patent portfolio that Apple has already fallen foul of.
Although S3 Graphics still produces its own range of desktop video
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