Written by Tim Smalley
May 13, 2009 // 11:13 a.m.
Tags: #amdvsintel #anticompetitive #anti-competitive #antitrust #commission #european #fine #record #violation
Record fine now at risk.
Asks for explanations on antitrust issues.
Dell has put aside $100 million to settle possible antitrust claims following its work with Intel.
In a filing with the FTC, Intel has unearthed a 2004 e-mail made by AMD's then-vice president Henri Richard stating that he would "never buy AMD for a personal system."
Graphics specialist Nvidia has launched a satirical cartoon site, which is currently concentrating on lampooning Intel's allegedly anti-competitive actions in the processor market.
Google has found itself on the receiving end of a whopping £28.75M tax bill after the Turkish government investigated its operations within the country.
Recent reports claim that the US Federal Trade Commission is close to filing a complaint alleging the Intel has engaged in anti-competitive practices.
Mobile communications giant Qualcomm has been hit with a record fine by South Korean antitrust authorities over claims of anticompetitive behaviour.
The second episode of the all new combined Custom PC and bit-tech podcast is here. It's louder than ever and packed with tech discussion, including our thoughts on the massive fine given to Intel by the EU, whether monopolies are inevitable in IT, the regular guess the game music competition and more.
Intel's General Counsel has admitted that fighting the EU's £948m antitrust fine will be an uphill battle.
It wasn't long before Nvidia's vocal Chief Executive, Jen-Hsun Huang, spoke up about Intel's Atom pricing strategy.
Not surprisingly, AMD has weighed in with its own thoughts on the European Commission's ruling against Intel.
The EU is expected to announce this week that it will fine Intel for anti-competitive business practices that stretch back eight years.
Intel says that Global Foundries isn't a subsidiary under the terms of its agreement with AMD, and threatens to pull AMD’s licenses.
The European Commission has fined Microsoft a record £681.6 million in the long-running antitrust dispute.
An economic study done by ERS Group has found that Intel has extracted over £31 billion in monopoly profits in the past decade.
European Union investigators have recommended that EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes should formally charge Intel on the grounds of illegal business tactics.
Dell, HP, Dixons Best Buy get letters from AMD - 'save your emails, we want them for our courtcase!'
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