AMD lawsuit against intel

[VirtualDrone]

What is this thing I keep on hearing about AMD going to court with intel? What happened?

[mayorredbeard]

i beleive theirs been a couple:

monopolizing the industry using unfair and unethical business tactics, this is an antitrust lawsuit:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020354,39206451,00.htm

more articles about the same lawsuit:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/07/04/27OPeditor_1.html
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121660,00.asp

INTEL has faced a similar case in 2000, in which they were accused of illegal business tactics in japan, intel completly denied the allogations, yet agreed to refrain from certain business tactics, so if they did refrain from doing anything illegal, why did they comrpomise some of their business tactics? That could've been a way to please the prosecutors, and avoid further investigation and getting caught. Keyword could be, as in the words of Erich Maria Remarque, "this is nor an acquisation nor a confession." Basically AMD is sayign that intel is paying off and threatening companies that if they use amd chips, or if they use too many amd chips, then intel will not deal with them. Such a threat to do so would bring even the biggest companies like dell, gateway, and hp to their knees. AMD also said that intel gave higher up's in computer companies such as dell, gateway, and hp pay-off's/bribes to use only their chips or majority intel chips. This would be in direct violation of anti-monopoly and anti-trust laws.

[VirtualDrone]

wow sounds serious

[JustinMcG67]

I need an AMD Athelon 64 now....booo Intel!!!

[Tommy Boy]

YESSSSSS GOOO AMD! Stick it to Intel!

[Nik00117]

I've noticed most poeple who know somthing about procesors stick with AMD, poeple my friend who admittly deciated to buying a dell are intel. He is not longer intel, nor della fter I showed him several benchmarks, and showed him the prices of DIY, and dell. He is ordering hte parts soon.

[mayorredbeard]

tommyboy:
the chances of amd winning the lawsuit givien the current situation (is the trial were to begin right now, i beleive it begins sometime mid next year), amd would most likely not win. They have made some serious acquisations, only backed up by the fact a smaller company made somehwat similar acquisations, which they could try to use that, but Intel setteld that by paying them off/a settlement (in Japan i think). Unless AMD has some super secret dirt on

Nik00117:
To be honest i dont think it has so much to do with peformance, as it does with bang for your buck, which AMD offers more of. Also AMD has the best processor out right now, so that makes me like them too, although im pissed i could never afford it :D

[Nik00117]

Thats why they are the best.

[Tommy Boy]

well, I'm sure AMD has something up their sleeves, if they are filing a lawsuit as serious as this, they are going to do everything they can to make sure they win.
who'd have ever thought anyone would win a lawsuit against Microsoft? but it happened.

[mayorredbeard]

well, I'm sure AMD has something up their sleeves, if they are filing a lawsuit as serious as this, they are going to do everything they can to make sure they win.
who'd have ever thought anyone would win a lawsuit against Microsoft? but it happened.

$10 says AMD comes out, and in a suprise move buys intel, and tells no one, then at the court hearing yells, "SUPRISE! WE OWN INTEL!" I bet thats what their up too....

Those sly foxes...

[lhuser]

If Intel is closed, well, AMD, VIA, cyrix and RISC CPUs may go all in one...

[TreeHugger]

i want to see a fair fight between the two companies.....which company do u think sells teh most processors OEM....igonna have to go with AMD cuz they are cheaper, but dell gateway and emachines carries intel to profits of CRAZINESS

[mayorredbeard]

i want to see a fair fight between the two companies.....which company do u think sells teh most processors OEM....igonna have to go with AMD cuz they are cheaper, but dell gateway and emachines carries intel to profits of CRAZINESS

intel sells like 10x as many processors. Their the goliath, amd is the david. David is better, but it takes him a good strategy, and time to defeat his foe. Although, I think both are around for a very long time, both companies just offer too much to be going away anytiem soon, even though amd does edge out intel in the top of the line processor category, intel fights back with their mobile processors.