Arteris Countersues Sonics
By Ed Sperling
In what is turning into a legal war over network on chip technology, Arteris filed a counter complaint against Sonics for patent infringement.
Arteris charges that Sonics’ new SonicsGN infringes on two of its patents. It also denied that it has infringed on any of Sonics patents, which Sonics claimed in the lawsuit it filed in November against Artertis lawsuit against Arteris. Arteris is seeking damages and “equitable relief” from Sonics.
Sonics declined to comment.
Historically, patent infringement cases in the technology sector have started when markets are either heating up or when they are in steep decline. In EDA, for example, the majority of legal battles were fought when the industry was in high growth and acquisition mode. In the PC era, the famous battles between Apple and Microsoft were initiated early in the boom cycle.
NoC technology is still in its nascent stage, but it is gaining in popularity at advanced process nodes because of the enormous quantity of IP and the ability to add flexibility into a design on a variety of fronts, including power management.
