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R2 Semiconductor Files New Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Intel In France

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Monday, April 8, 2024

The filing comes shortly before the April 16 start of trial on the same European patent against Intel in the U.K.’s High Court of Justice, Patents Court in London.

Key Points: 
  • The filing comes shortly before the April 16 start of trial on the same European patent against Intel in the U.K.’s High Court of Justice, Patents Court in London.
  • R2’s lawsuit in France is its latest action in defense of the groundbreaking patent covering integrated voltage regulation technology invented by R2 Founder and CEO David Fisher.
  • “The invention we are protecting in Germany, the U.K., and now in France, is protected by patent throughout all of Europe.
  • R2 is fortunate to have the means to enforce our rights to stop this egregious behavior by Intel,” said R2 CEO David Fisher.

Mojo Vision Appoints Dr. Achin Bhowmik to the Board of Directors

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Mojo Vision, the high-performance micro-LED company, today announced the appointment of Dr. Achin Bhowmik to its board of directors.

Key Points: 
  • Mojo Vision, the high-performance micro-LED company, today announced the appointment of Dr. Achin Bhowmik to its board of directors.
  • With Bhowmik’s appointment, Mojo Vision is tapping 23 years of industry experience in perceptual computing, display, and semiconductor business.
  • “Mojo Vision is a pioneering display technology company, consistently breaking new ground in micro-LED advancements, including its recent achievement of single-panel RGB.
  • “Adding Dr. Bhowmik to our board brings Mojo that much closer to the commercialization of our high-performance micro-LED technology,” said Drew Perkins, chairman of the board of directors and co-founder.

Mobileye to Wind Down Aftermarket Solutions Unit

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Mobileye has chosen to wind down its aftermarket solutions unit that provides retrofitted advanced driver assistance technology, after a thorough review of this unit’s business prospects and investment needs.

Key Points: 
  • Mobileye has chosen to wind down its aftermarket solutions unit that provides retrofitted advanced driver assistance technology, after a thorough review of this unit’s business prospects and investment needs.
  • “This was a very difficult decision,” said Prof. Amnon Shashua, President and CEO of Mobileye.
  • Mobileye will also continue offering and servicing customers of its General Safety Regulation (GSR) solutions for commercial vehicle manufacturers.
  • “Mobileye,” the Mobileye logo and Mobileye product names are registered trademarks of Mobileye Global.

R2 Semiconductor Announces Two Important Updates in Intel Patent Infringement Case

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Monday, March 18, 2024

R2 Semiconductor, a Third Point Ventures portfolio company (“R2”), today announced two important updates in its patent infringement case against German subsidiaries of Intel Corp (“Intel”) (Nasdaq: INTC) and its customers, Dell Technologies (“Dell”) (NYSE: DELL) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. (together “HP”) (NYSE: HPE and HPQ).

Key Points: 
  • R2 Semiconductor, a Third Point Ventures portfolio company (“R2”), today announced two important updates in its patent infringement case against German subsidiaries of Intel Corp (“Intel”) (Nasdaq: INTC) and its customers, Dell Technologies (“Dell”) (NYSE: DELL) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. (together “HP”) (NYSE: HPE and HPQ).
  • Second, on Friday, R2 filed patent infringement lawsuits in Germany against Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL and Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH claiming both companies are infringing on the same patent.
  • As noted, the German Patent Court has already given its preliminary opinion that the patent is valid.
  • R2 filed patent infringement lawsuits against Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL and Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH in the Dusseldorf Regional Court in Germany, claiming both companies are using Intel chips that infringe on R2’s groundbreaking patent covering integrated voltage regulation.

Rubric Capital Management Nominates Two Highly Qualified, Independent Directors to Xperi Inc. Board of Directors

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Monday, March 11, 2024

David Rosen, Managing Partner of Rubric, said, “Xperi has built an attractive portfolio of innovative enablement technologies with significant monetization potential.

Key Points: 
  • David Rosen, Managing Partner of Rubric, said, “Xperi has built an attractive portfolio of innovative enablement technologies with significant monetization potential.
  • The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be Rubric Master, Rubric Capital GP LLC (“Rubric Master GP”), Rubric Capital Management LP (“Rubric Capital”), Rubric Capital Management GP LLC (“Rubric Capital GP”), David Rosen, Deborah S. Conrad and Thomas A. Lacey.
  • As of the date hereof, 625,756 shares of Common Stock are held in certain accounts managed by Rubric Capital (the “Rubric Accounts”).
  • Rubric Capital GP, as the general partner of Rubric Capital, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 4,043,744 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by Rubric Master and held in the Rubric Accounts.

Intel Launches World’s First Systems Foundry Designed for the AI Era

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Intel Corp. (INTC) today launched Intel Foundry as a more sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era and announced an expanded process roadmap designed to establish leadership into the latter part of this decade.

Key Points: 
  • Intel Corp. (INTC) today launched Intel Foundry as a more sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era and announced an expanded process roadmap designed to establish leadership into the latter part of this decade.
  • (Credit: Intel Corporation)
    The announcements were made at Intel’s first foundry event, Intel Foundry Direct Connect, where the company gathered customers, ecosystem companies and leaders from across the industry.
  • “This is creating an unprecedented opportunity for the world’s most innovative chip designers and for Intel Foundry, the world’s first systems foundry for the AI era.
  • That’s why we are so excited to work with Intel Foundry, and why we have chosen a chip design that we plan to produce on Intel 18A process.”
    Intel Foundry has design wins across foundry process generations, including Intel 18A, Intel 16 and Intel 3, along with significant customer volume on Intel Foundry ASAT capabilities, including advanced packaging.

R2 Semiconductor Outlines Next Steps Following Chip IP Victory Over Intel in Germany

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Monday, February 12, 2024

Today, R2 addressed the next steps and key questions following Intel’s loss in the highly respected German court.

Key Points: 
  • Today, R2 addressed the next steps and key questions following Intel’s loss in the highly respected German court.
  • Additionally, Intel is pursuing a validity challenge to the patent in the German Patent Court, which will be finalized later this year.
  • But, as Intel recognizes in its most recent 10-K, that Court has already given its preliminary opinion that the R2 patent is valid.
  • Years before that, in 2011, Intel actually filed a patent application for the same invention R2 patented in 2009.

Intel and UMC Announce New Foundry Collaboration

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

(Credit: Intel Corporation)

Key Points: 
  • (Credit: Intel Corporation)
    “Taiwan has been a critical part of the Asian and global semiconductor and broader technology ecosystem for decades, and Intel is committed to collaborating with innovative companies in Taiwan, such as UMC, to help better serve global customers,” said Stuart Pann, Intel senior vice president and general manager of Intel Foundry Services (IFS).
  • IFS has made significant progress over the past year, building strong momentum with new customers, including new customers across the Intel 16, Intel 3 and Intel 18A process technologies, and expanding its growing foundry ecosystem.
  • UMC has a more than 40-year history of being a preferred supplier of foundry services to critical applications including automotive, industrial, display and communications.
  • UMC is a significant supplier to the top 400+ semiconductor customers and has extensive expertise and know-how in supporting customers to reach high yields while maintaining industry-leading foundry utilization.

Intel and DigitalBridge Launch Articul8, an Enterprise Generative AI Company

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG; “DigitalBridge”), a global investment firm, today announced the formation of Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8), an independent company offering enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimized and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform.

Key Points: 
  • Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) and DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG; “DigitalBridge”), a global investment firm, today announced the formation of Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8), an independent company offering enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimized and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform.
  • The platform delivers AI capabilities that keep customer data, training and inference within the enterprise security perimeter.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240103045309/en/
    Intel Corp. and DigitalBridge Group Inc. announce the formation of Articul8 AI Inc., an independent company offering enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimized and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform.
  • As Intel accelerates AI everywhere, we look forward to our continued collaboration with Articul8," said Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO.

Vertiv Collaborates with Intel on Liquid Cooled Solution for the Intel® Gaudi®3 AI Accelerator Platform

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

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Key Points: 
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    The Intel Gaudi3 AI accelerator will enable both liquid-cooled and air-cooled servers, supported by Vertiv™ pumped two-phase (P2P) cooling infrastructure.
  • The liquid cooled solution has been tested up to 160kW accelerator power using facility water from 17°C up to 45°C (62.6°F to 113°F).
  • “The Intel Gaudi3 AI accelerator provides the perfect solution for a Vertiv and Intel collaboration,” said John Niemann, SVP global thermal line of business at Vertiv.
  • “Vertiv continues to expand our broad liquid cooling portfolio, resulting in our ability to support leaders of next generation AI technologies, like Intel.