HTC buys S3 graphics

S3 is not a name that many are familiar with as they have always made very low-end graphics cards and solutions. HTC announced that it has purchased the S3 devision and all its patents from VIA (the current owner). 

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the signing of definitive agreement to sell all of its shareholding in S3 Graphics Co., Ltd. (