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FTC 'close' to Intel filing
Author: Gareth HalfacreePublished: 26th October 2009
Intel could find itself in hot water should rumours that the Federal Trade Commission are looking to file a complaint prove true.
According to an article over on V3.co.uk, the FTC - which began an investigation into the chip giant's practices last year - is leaning three to four in favour of filing a complaint against Intel.
An un-named source is quoted as saying that "they're [the FTC] are close. They said it could be a matter of weeks or a matter of months when the vote happens.."
If the FTC do file a complaint against the company, it could lead to another whopper fine such as that levied against the company by the European Union in May after a similar investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices - costing the company £948 million, which Intel is currently appealing.
Despite the claims that a complaint is imminent, Intel's Chuck Mulloy has stated that Intel has "been working closely with the FTC as they conduct their investigation[, and] we would hope that the speculation is incorrect as we are continuing to work with the Commission."
If accurate, the news that the FTC is taking Intel's actions seriously will come as a great relief to rival AMD: for years the company has been accusing its rival of bullying OEMs into Intel exclusivity or limiting the number of AMD chips they can buy - something that AMD believes has resulted in an uncompetitive marketplace in Intel's favour.
Do you believe that Intel's actions represent anti-competitive behavour, or is the company simply trying to protect stockholders' interests? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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AMD doesn't get the $$$ thought, the government does. Go figure...
Why does it have to be one or the other? In this case, I think it's both. Intel was way out of line in the over-zealous protection of it's investors. I think it's a matter of both being right this time.
lol yeah before core 2's came along.. I was wondering who was buying those chips outside the pre-builts- they were making tons of money and pushing crap.. reminded me of creative
ever since the core 2 though.. amd and ruiz ran it into the ground
What do you think Intel was doing? By limiting sales of AMD products Intel stifled, through loss of revenue, innovation at AMD. R&D cost a lot of money. This enabled Intel to pull ahead in the current market. You don't want money coming away from R&D at Intel? That is what they did to AMD and we the consumers are the losers for that. We pay more for a lesser product when companies pull this on their competition. If AMD had more money for development what CPUs would be on the market today? This goes right along with an Intel exec who was just charged for insider trading. I would rather executives go to jail in addition to when they pull this crap than just slapping the companies deep pockets with a minor fine.
Good to see some sensible comments! :)
Yours in Anti-Trust Plasma,
Star*Dagger
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No it shouldn't, firstly, if you break the law and are fined, the fine always goes to the government.
Secondly, AMD aren't the only other CPU manufacturer out there, they can't hand AMD the cash because it wouldn't be fair on the others either.
well then AMD can wait for the ruling to go through and then sue Intel directly for the loss of revenue proven by the Government for the tactics used against them by Intel.
if you didnt know the current Phenom II can trace its roots to the Opteron in 2003, heck AMD still uses a upgraded HyperTransport interface, amongs other things
Let's fine Intel for the death of Jesus,the rise of Hitler and the birth of Ant and Dec! You B@$t4rds Intel!
Is this comment serious enough for you?
Perhaps AMDs poor performance comes from the fact that they're the perennial underdog. The way Intel did business certainly won't have helped them, but as the old maxim goes: a polished turd is still a turd.
That said, it's largely their (AMD's) own fault for their current state. Intel's anticompetitive business practices may have had something to do with it, but it can't have been much. The ATI acquisition simply cost too much.
First off all Intel creates a killer architecture (core 2), then they realeese I7 even more power with the added benifit of SLI and Crossfire...
What do we do?
we moan and complain about price's.
So intel revises it's line up releasing core i5 a cheaper more affordable cpu...
And what do we do?
we moan about how there not as good as i7's.....
What????? and now were moaning again about how intel conduct's it's buisness??? when we all know the tech market is a cloak and dagger game, you show me a tech company that hasn't tried to play the market in some way???
It seems to me that no matter how hard intel/microsoft try there allways going to end up the bad guy's.
Still you at least have one fan who appreciates all the hard work you've put into pc gameing and hardware!!!;)