Recently, a new lawsuit was filed against Sony for the use of a Cell that can do synchronized parallel processing with shared memory. Of course, this is referring to the technology used within the Playstation 3. But why is this lawsuit different? One word: idiocy.Here are the facts: The company suing is International Parallel Processing, who got the rights for the patent way back in 1991; which begs the question; why did they wait so long to tell Sony the Cell was patented. The technology and the use of it in the Playstation 3 was made public very loudly during the development of the system. Secondly, International Parallel Processing hasn't actually said how this hurts them as it seems they haven't done anything with said technology in the last 16 years. Lastly, not only has International Parallel Processing asked for Sony to pay the damages which haven't at all been specified, they've also asked that all Sony products using the technology be destroyed; that means all Playstation 3 systems.
Although I wouldn't believe that the destruction of millions of Playstation 3 systems will be forced on Sony, we have to realise that this claim is ridiculous. The game industry is huge, rich, and advanced; yet it is still weak to attention loving politicians and greedy companies. International Parallel Processing has the right to defend it's patent, but asking for such a large scale destruction of a major console is an obvious move of hostility towards the easily targeted game industry.
Editorial: Vedran
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