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AMD Finally Has Some Good News, At Intel's Expense PDF Print E-mail

intel_logo_nove1_velky.jpgAfter years of beating it's drum over alleged anti-competetive practices by it's major rival, Intel, it looks like someone has finally agreed with AMD. As this story unfolds, expect the rhetoric regarding similar cases in the US and Japan to swell back into relavence. Betanews reports...

This morning in Brussels, spokespersons for the European Commission confirmed that Intel was served yesterday with a formal Statement of Objections, charging the CPU manufacturer with paying for exclusivity with cash, incentives, and discounts in order to compel OEMs not to purchase AMD CPUs.

At present, the EC has not made public the names of OEMs with whom Intel allegedly made deals. However, according to spokespersons, the Statement does specifically name AMD as the sole party which Intel allegedly sought to harm.


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