Well guys, remember a little while back we posted a story about a possible NVidia buyout of 3dfx? People balked... (Jack was wrong) Hell, I thought no way. I figured ATI or someone else would step in. Then yesterday it happens, 3dfx gets gobbled up by the mighty NVidia. Well here are a couple of interviews on it at FiringSquad and GamersDepot 

What exactly have you bought from 3dfx, and do you now own Gigapixel?

A: Their core assets, which includes their patents, patent pending applications, trademarks, branding, and inventory related to the graphics business. Gigapixel was a company who was purchased by 3dfx. We have purchased 3dfx's core assets, so that means we have access to whatever technology might've been developed by either company.

update Jack - In my defense, a lot can change in a quarter. For instance, this quarter, gross profit was -$21.7 (that's right, a loss). Their net loss for the quarter was $178.6 million. That means for 2000, 3dfx had lost a total of $291.5 million. With losses like that, it became easily affordable for nVidia to get some good IP, maybe pluck some key 3dfx people from the company, and just get 3dfx out of the market for good.