Semiconductor design firm OPTi Inc. said Friday it settled its 2004 patent infringement lawsuit against graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. OPTi said it is dismissing the lawsuit and granting Nvidia a non-exclusive license for the technologies disputed in the lawsuit. In exchange, Nvidia will pay $10 million for the license grant, and $1 million for a fully paid-up license to use the Compact ISA-Bus Interface patents. Nvidia will also pay $750,000 in quarterly royalties to use OPTi's Predictive Snooping technology, starting in February 2007 and continuing for up to 12 quarters.

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