Ondrej Holzman Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab Wisconsin, lossis nws txoj haujlwm patent, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), tau yeej qhov kev foob foob Apple ntawm kev ua txhaum cai ntawm nws daim ntawv pov thawj. Qhov kev txhawj xeeb ntawm microprocessor thev naus laus zis no, thiab Apple yuav tsum them nyiaj nplua 234 lab daus las (5,6 billion crowns).
WARF nws sued Apple thaum pib ntawm xyoo tas los. Lub tuam txhab California tau hais tias tau ua txhaum nws xyoo 7 microarchitecture patent hauv nws cov A8, A8 thiab A1998X chips, thiab WARF tab tom nrhiav $ 400 lab hauv kev puas tsuaj.
Tam sim no pawg neeg txiav txim tau txiav txim siab tias kev ua txhaum cai patent tau tshwm sim tiag tiag, tab sis raug nplua Apple tsuas yog $ 234 lab. Tib lub sijhawm, raws li cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub, nws tuaj yeem loj hlob mus txog 862 lab nyiaj. Kev nplua kuj tseem qis dua vim tias, raws li tus kws txiav txim plaub, qhov ua txhaum cai tsis txhob txwm ua.
"Qhov kev txiav txim siab yog xov xwm zoo," nws hais Reuters WARF tus thawj coj Carl Gulbrandsen. Rau Apple, txawm li ntawd los, 234 lab sawv cev rau ib qho kev nplua loj tshaj plaws hauv kev hais plaub ntug patent.
Apple tau ua txhaum WARF patent hauv iPhone 5S, 6 thiab 6 Plus, iPad Air thiab iPad mini 2, qhov twg A7, A8 lossis A8X chips tshwm. Tus tsim iPhone tsis kam tawm tswv yim txog lub tsev hais plaub qhov kev txiav txim, tab sis hais tias nws npaj yuav rov hais dua.
Yog li WAFR lossis WARF??