Apple isn't the only Acquisition hound(Nvidia)
<a href="http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_574.shtml" target="_blank">Nvidia's newest purchase</a>
[quote]Yahoo reported that Nvidia, a developer of graphics chips used in PCs and video game consoles, announced that it has acquired Exluna, a developer of film-quality graphics rendering software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Santa Clara-based Nvidia said the acquisition is part of its strategy to bring cinematic quality to real-time graphics and adds core engineering competency and intellectual property to its recently announced "Cg" strategy. Separately, digital animation production firm Pixar announced that it settled its outstanding litigation against Berkeley, Calif.-based Exluna. Pixar sued Exluna in March 2001 for misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement and patent infringement.
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[quote]Yahoo reported that Nvidia, a developer of graphics chips used in PCs and video game consoles, announced that it has acquired Exluna, a developer of film-quality graphics rendering software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Santa Clara-based Nvidia said the acquisition is part of its strategy to bring cinematic quality to real-time graphics and adds core engineering competency and intellectual property to its recently announced "Cg" strategy. Separately, digital animation production firm Pixar announced that it settled its outstanding litigation against Berkeley, Calif.-based Exluna. Pixar sued Exluna in March 2001 for misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement and patent infringement.
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Exluna is developing a line of Look Development products --applications and technologies for shading, lighting, painting and rendering.
Entropy™
Entropy, our first commercial product, is a production quality rendering system designed to bring unparalleled quality and features to computer graphic artists. Designed and priced for a wide range of users in film, television, design, CAD, and game development, Entropy is both powerful and easy to use. Entropy is currently integrated with Discreet's 3ds max and plug-ins for other popular modeling packages will follow.
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End wild speculation.
Chas