AMD files anti-trust lawsuit vs Intel

The complaint alleges that Intel has forced major customers, such as Dell, Sony, NEC and Hitachi, into exclusive, or partially exclusive deals with Intel in exchange for cash payments, rebates or marketing subsidies that were conditional on not doing business with AMD.

It alleges Intel paid NEC several million dollars to put caps on the amount of business it would do with AMD, and says that the chip-maker paid "huge sums" to Dell and Toshiba not to do business with AMD. The latter claim, it says, was confirmed by the Fair Trade Commission of Japan. The JFTC has recently ruled that Intel had abused its monopoly power in the region, in violation of Japan\'s Anti-monopoly Act.

Also listed in the complaint is anecdotal evidence, such as the statement of ex-Compaq boss, Michael Capellas back in 2000. At the time, he said Intel had withheld delivery of server chips because of the amount of business Compaq was doing with AMD. The complaint quotes Capellas as saying he had "a gun to his head" when he told AMD he had to stop buying its chips.

Thomas McCoy, AMD\'s legal affairs and chief administrative officer, wants to encourage global regulators look at Intel\'s business practices. "Intel maintains illegal monopoly profits at the expense of consumers and computer manufacturers, whose margins are razor thin. Now is the time for consumers and the industry worldwide to break free from the abusive Intel monopoly."

This is pretty big news, and a bold move by AMD.  All they want is equal opportunity to sell their processors through the same OEM channels Intel does.  

I got a feeling Intel is gonna lose this and get broken up (like MS did.. hardware division & software division), but that won\'t affect them as much as the fact that they won\'t be able to use their strongarm tactics anymore against Dell, BestBuy.. etc.  I\'m hoping (like everyone should) for a near 50/50 split of the market between these two.  Without AMD around, nobody would have realize how much Intel\'s netburst architecture blows goats.

Feel free to switch to AMD now mm.. since they are everything you used to covet in intel... since being the most expensive = the best... right? (FX-57 and their dualcores)

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I\'m glad I buy AMD. :thumb:

fuck AMD

the lawyers will get rich, and intel will continue to dominate

oh noes, half life 2 gets 5 more fps on an amd chip!!!1
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oh noes, half life 2 gets 5 more fps on an amd chip!!!1

While you can argue that AMD\'s performance advantages in the other tests aren\'t noticeable on a price-for-price basis, you can\'t argue with the results here.  At the $280 - $290 price point, AMD\'s Athlon 64 3500+ delivers about 15% more performance than Intel\'s Pentium 4 550.

The margin is even greater at the low end, AMD\'s Athlon 64 3000+ is 23% faster than Intel\'s similarly priced Pentium 4 520.

At the high end the advantage is equally in AMD\'s favor, with the Athlon 64 4000+ holding a 22% advantage over Intel\'s fastest Pentium 4.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2330&p=2

exactly

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There really isn\'t that much difference. It\'s more for showing off than anything else.

Hmm, perhaps it is time to switch to AMD and their dual core systems. A 4400+ X2 is looking mighty fine.

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Originally posted by mm
fuck AMD

the lawyers will get rich, and intel will continue to dominate

oh noes, half life 2 gets 5 more fps on an amd chip!!!1
:eek:

PATHETIC



could u be anymore of a intel fanboy!

soully, leave the cave occasionally, ok?

and lol, you said "fanboy"

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get over yourself mm, nobody cares..

obviously you do