SGI and NVIDIA Form Strategic Alliance, Settle Patent Litigation is a press release from SGI announcing an agreement whereby they've dismissed their patent infringement suit against NVIDIA and NVIDIA has licensed SGI's enabling 3D graphics patent portfolio, and SGI has licensed NVIDIA's patent portfolio. Here's the meat of the release:

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI - news) and NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA - news) today announced the creation of a broad strategic alliance to collaborate on future graphics technologies. As part of the agreement, SGI has dismissed its patent infringement suit against NVIDIA and NVIDIA has licensed SGI's enabling 3D graphics patent portfolio. As part of the alliance, SGI has licensed NVIDIA's patent portfolio. Further terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

SGI is a recognized leader in 3D graphics, multimedia and computer systems technology since its founding in 1982 and has been awarded more than 400 patents related to these technologies.

"For the past 15 years, SGI has been the most important 3D graphics company in the world and has created many fundamental technologies for 3D computer graphics," said Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO and president of NVIDIA. "Our collaboration is bringing together the most talented 3D technologists in the world to develop products that will usher in a new era of breathtaking 3D experiences. This is a defining moment for the 3D graphics industry."

"NVIDIA has an impressive team of 3D technologists, an intense focus on delivering industry-leading technology, and the strongest product roadmap for the high-volume 3D graphics industry," said Rick Belluzzo, chairman and CEO of SGI. "This alliance with NVIDIA is a major step forward in our strategy to partner with industry leaders to develop groundbreaking visualization solutions and deliver them to our customers faster than ever before."