Sure, AMD is simply using all of the legal remedies available to them. I don’t have to like it or agree with it. Perhaps California should fine AMD, for its part in reducing the taxes that Intel might have payed to the state.

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Yeah right… The EU didn’t like the fact that Intel was selling faster processors at lower prices than the year before?

I don’t think the EU demonstrated any actual harm caused to EU consumers. I wouldn’t be at all surprised as a result of this action that CPU prices in the EU go up because Intel CPUs are now going to cost more to manufacturers because they can’t issue rebates. AMD still has a production constraint so they will not be able to pick up the slack demand.

Also, if the EU trade commission was representing the people, I expect they be issuing rebates to consumers supposedly harmed by Intel? I won’t hold my breath on that. Since they probably can’t even quantify nor identify the harmed consumer, this is tantamount to a tax on Intel in the EU.

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What Dtest54 said was right on the mark, Intel’s been playing dirty for years in the semi-conductor industry trying to eliminate their competition(read: AMD and they’ve already elimnated Cyrix, they’ve effectively neutered VIA) for years and now they got busted for it, it’s as simple as that. Go read up about ZILOG and Intel’s history back during the 70s! AMD is viewed just as much a threat to Intel’s dominance in their eyes as Zilog was, this is why they seek to destroy them by any means! If it weren’t for IBM’s stepping in and making Intel a main supplier for it’s processors back in the day, Intel most likely would be a distant memory today because Zilog almost ran them of the business completely with it’s Z80 processor! If we are reduced to nothing but Intel on the market and AMD is lost, we will fall right back into the monopoly that Intel lavished in during the 80s and early 90s with no competition. You can rest assured Intel will jack up it’s prices accordingly. Expect to see $1,200 entry level Intel processor prices and $600 low-end Intel motherboard prices if this happens. So whether you like it or not, WE ALL NEED AMD and it’s in your best interests as consumers to keep them around, period.

This suit petitioned by AMD to the EU Commission has been going on for YEARS and just now finally getting a ruling from years of investigation, evidence and inquiry and now finally penalizing Intel with a fine. Intel may be a US company but they also have offices and do major business in the EU therefore, they are subject to their authority as such in the EU! Again for the intel fanboys read: Intel is originally a US company but they are now and have been for a while now, a WORLD-WIDE corporation. You want to do business world-wide? You play by OTHER COUNTRIES rules, simple as that.

Bottom line: Melvin, Truman, KimH and Mingkee need to suck these facts up just like Intel, Otellini and any other Intel fanboys need to. The chickens eventually come home to roost boys, remember that, play the game long enough and you WILL get burned by someone, that you can take the bank.

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Sounds more like some brat running to Mom, when Dad said no. T

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