Intel may have to pay VLSI Technology $2.18bn now that its request for a new trial has been denied by a US judge.
A request made by Intel to overturn an order requiring the chip maker to pay $2.18bn to VLSI Technology has been rejected by a US judge. As reported by Reuters, US District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas has denied the company’s motion for a new trial in a recent sealed order. Back in March, VLSI was awarded $1.5bn and $675m for two patents that Intel had infringed on. The first patent, US7725759B2, deals with managing clock speed in an electronic device and was originally developed by SigmaTel while the second patent, US7523373B2, which describes a minimum memory operating voltage technique was originally developed by Freescale.
