iancox14 Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 The competition between the chip rivals has escalated into a full-blown legal spat which only one company will walk away from with its reputation intact This week the gloves came off in the struggle between up-and-coming chipmaker AMD and market leader Intel. AMD filed a lawsuit against Intel in the US courts accusing the chipmaker of anticompetitive practices. What does AMD say Intel's done? AMD says that Intel has misused its 90 percent market share to lock it out of the business, primarily by persuading major OEMs such as HP, Dell and IBM to restrict the number of AMD-based products in their line-up, or even exclude them entirely. Why would these companies listen to Intel? Intel makes no secret of various sweeteners it offers to companies, such as funding product development, paying for marketing and straightforward discounts in exchange for guaranteed sales. AMD says that Intel also uses 'first dollar' discounts, threatens to withhold supplies if AMD based products are sold or marketed, and put pressure on distributors and retailers to with First dollar? This is where Intel pays an OEM cash equivalent to around ten percent of the chip price for every chip bought, but only when the company hits a certain level of purchases. That level, says AMD, is set to limit AMD's sales to a small percentage of the total. If the OEM buys more AMD parts and doesn't hit the Intel discount trigger, they lose a large chunk of cash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_cow Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 Did you just copy and paste this from a news site to make yourself seem reputable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancox14 Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 pritty much but aleast u guys get to know wats going on instead of clicking links allday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martymcfly Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 at least post where you got it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancox14 Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 (edited) ok sorry lol i will post all od them http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,3...39193445,00.htm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,3...39191835,00.htm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,3...39190521,00.htm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,3...39206451,00.htm there are much more... Edited August 22, 2005 by iancox14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolMaster Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 Sounds good to me, When are the expected court dates and settling dates for this all to be done? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancox14 Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 soon hopefully, dont have a date yet though i will do some research Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FxXP Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 Old news, and yes, old news. Intel and AMD has been filing lawsuits at eachother for the longest time and this is nothing new. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 "What happens if AMD wins?" Hopeful words, but red's stated already that Intel's legal force is one of the most powerful in the world. AMD dosn't stand a chance, unless they have one hell of a legal team consisting of God(or Satan)-like lawyers who have every law of every state/providence of every country by heart and know one hell of a lot of loopholes... And even then, AMD's chances are slim, I'm sorry to admit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 ya this is already been posted, you shoulda done a forum search. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolMaster Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 yeah pretty sure intel is gonna win, I mean I love intel, Ill prolly always end up getting intel, since I dont really do a WHOLE lot of gaming, and do alot of multitasking, but if AMD won, I dont think it'd change things too much. but supposubly intel is making a new chip based on the pentium m yes it's older news but thats good, since it means they are gonna finallly make some competing chips Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicSniper Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 they can always call me in to do some "clean up" just grab a nice big ntw-20 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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