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Re:HTC Buys S3 Graphics From VIA, WTI For $300 Million by MostAwesomeDude on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @12:18PM (#2734566)
The relevant licensee is Microsoft, who got the ability from S3 to sublicense S3TC as DXTC. A little bit of every graphics card sold today goes back to Microsoft for that patent.
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