Regulators check Intel’s Insides
European antitrust regulators raided the offices of Intel on Tuesday as a part of an on-going investigation into Intel’s business practices. The antitrust regulators are also inspecting offices of companies that make or sell PCs. Intel can expect more raids as AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) filed a law suit against Intel 2 weeks back claiming Intel used its market dominance to bully computer makers away from using AMD chips. Sadly for Intel, its reputation supports AMD’s accusations. In March, Intel had also been investigated by the Fair Trade Commission of Japan (JFTC) and found guilty of violating anti-trust rules in Japan. The result: JFTC asked Intel to end its practice of promising funds to PC makers if the PC makers agreed not to use Intel’s competitors' processors. They got off pretty easy in Japan ( I guess) but it will be totally different if they are found guilty in Europe and North America.
Click here to see the official complaint from AMD
posted by Ajay Shroff PermaLink
3 Comments:
Europe is a far tougher place to get away with this kind of stuff. Just ask Microsoft.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Interesting! As usual, you contribute something new and of interest in Blogland. Thanks!
Fred, I agree. It will be really interesting to see what the court rules.
And thank you Saur :)
Ajay
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