"Concur, if the Samsung settlement isn't a "biggie", then the overall value of the Patents is negligable to the flash market as a whole."

Depends on how you see Samsung fitting into the over all picture.....Whatever Samsung has decided in this action....will not relieve them of the pressure that can be exerted on their suppliers....i.e Zoran.

IMO, the only option this action affords, is that Samsung will have to manage all IC details in-house.

The legal actions are in their infancy, settlement amounts are not revaling any value, what so ever, of the IP at this point in time.

doni