Comments on: Update: HTC's S3 Graphics Buy In Question As HTC Revises Down Forecasts

By: ChKen

ChKen — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 03:50:37 +0000

Buying a company solely for the purpose of litigation seems a bit odd. HTC has to weigh the cost of buying S3 against the cost of losing litigation to Apple. Since they had placed a value of $300M on S3 based upon the belief that the litigation against Apple was solid and which could force a stalemate with Apple, then they must believe they would have lost to Apple, otherwise, for an amount far in excess of $300M. If I were the ITC ALJ, this proposed acquisition would have been a telling bit of evidence.

Good luck, HTC!

By: Swift2

Swift2 — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:47:35 +0000

But boy, do they have market share.

By: James Katt

James Katt — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:00:53 +0000

From DaringFireball.net:

Christian Zibreg, writing for 9to5 Mac, on the relationship between HTC and VIA Technologies, the current owner of S3 Graphics:Both VIA and HTC share the same owner, Formosa Plastics Group, a Taiwanese conglomerate whose diverse interests include biotechnology, petrochemical processing and production of electronics components. The entity is owned by the Wang family. The wife of VIA Technologies’ CEO is Ms. Cher Wang, chairperson and co-founder of HTC. So an acquisition of S3 by HTC would really just be moving it from one part of the parent company to another.