After spending on the purchase of independent mobile modems developer Icera about $ 352 million., NVIDIA could not find a decent application development , and four years after the deal was forced to write off losses and stop supporting this activity. It should be recognized that the Tegra processors, which were to acquire built-in modem Icera, did not find popularity of the smartphone market , and the decline in demand for tablets has called into question the usefulness of further attempts to advance its own processors NVIDIA in the mobile segment. A more significant impact Tegra processors provide on the direction of automotive electronics.
Now, according to Bloomberg , in the search for justice NVIDIA appealed to the judicial system of the United Kingdom, wanting to prove that Qualcomm abuse their position on the market. NVIDIA requests compensation amount spent on the purchase of the latter's assets Developer modems -. $ 352 million In addition, the court must determine how much could make Qualcomm a result of such abuse.
NVIDIA claims that Icera customers refused to reached agreements for no apparent reason, refusing to sign the contract after talks, which seemed quite successful.