AMD vient de porter plainte contre Intel.
« We have filed a 48-page, detailed Complaint in federal district court. Because, as our Complaint explains exhaustively, Intel's actions include:
For most competitive situations, this is just business. But from a monopolist, this is illegal. These serious allegations deserve serious attention. Earned success is one thing. Illegal maintenance of a monopoly is quite another. »
« We have filed a 48-page, detailed Complaint in federal district court. Because, as our Complaint explains exhaustively, Intel's actions include:
- Forcing major customers to accept exclusive deals,
- Withholding rebates and marketing subsidies as a means of punishing customers who buy more than prescribed quantities of processors from AMD,
- Threatening retaliation against customers doing business with AMD,
- Establishing quotas keeping retailers from selling the computers they want, and
- Forcing PC makers to boycott AMD product launches.
- Withholding rebates and marketing subsidies as a means of punishing customers who buy more than prescribed quantities of processors from AMD,
- Threatening retaliation against customers doing business with AMD,
- Establishing quotas keeping retailers from selling the computers they want, and
- Forcing PC makers to boycott AMD product launches.
For most competitive situations, this is just business. But from a monopolist, this is illegal. These serious allegations deserve serious attention. Earned success is one thing. Illegal maintenance of a monopoly is quite another. »