Europe to charge Intel with antitrust law violations
Sledgehammer70
California Icrontian
The European Commission today issued a <a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33118/118/">Statement of Objections</a> (SO) which outlines the Commission’s preliminary view that Intel has infringed the EC Treaty and “abused” its dominant market position to prevent AMD from competing in the CPU market. It looks as if they see that Intel has violated 3 sections of Article 82 of the EC Treaty.
“First, Intel has provided substantial rebates to various Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) conditional on them obtaining all or the great majority of their CPU requirements from Intel. Secondly, in a number of instances, Intel made payments in order to induce an OEM to either delay or cancel the launch of a product line incorporating an AMD-based CPU. Thirdly, in the context of bids against AMD-based products for strategic customers in the server segment of the market, Intel has offered CPUs on average below cost,” The SO of the EC reads.
These are some huge allocations against Intel that can hurt their pocket books big time...
“First, Intel has provided substantial rebates to various Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) conditional on them obtaining all or the great majority of their CPU requirements from Intel. Secondly, in a number of instances, Intel made payments in order to induce an OEM to either delay or cancel the launch of a product line incorporating an AMD-based CPU. Thirdly, in the context of bids against AMD-based products for strategic customers in the server segment of the market, Intel has offered CPUs on average below cost,” The SO of the EC reads.
These are some huge allocations against Intel that can hurt their pocket books big time...
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