Wizzo
1st February 2001, 13:52
Major microprocessor manufacturer, AMD, have filed a <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/AMD-Intel_Full_Complaint.pdf">48 page complaint</a> against competitor Intel.
In an <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Weblets/0,,7832_12670_12684,00.html?redir=CORBF02">Open Letter</a> by Hector Ruiz, AMD Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AMD it states
<i>The microprocessor is the brain of every computer, a transformational technology in today’s world. And as in all markets, innovation in the microprocessor sector depends on competition – the ability of consumers and businesses worldwide to choose solutions based on one microprocessor over another.</i>
<i>Our competitor has harmed and limited competition in the microprocessor industry. On behalf of ourselves, our customers and partners, and consumers worldwide, we have been forced to take action.</i>
<i>We have filed a 48-page, detailed Complaint in federal district court. Because, as our Complaint explains exhaustively, Intel's actions include:</i>
<ul>
<li> Forcing major customers to accept exclusive deals, </li>
<li> Withholding rebates and marketing subsidies as a means of punishing customers who buy more than prescribed quantities of processors from AMD, </li>
<li> Threatening retaliation against customers doing business with AMD, </li>
<li> Establishing quotas keeping retailers from selling the computers they want, and </li>
<li> Forcing PC makers to boycott AMD product launches.</li>
</ul>
Posted By: Holes
In an <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Weblets/0,,7832_12670_12684,00.html?redir=CORBF02">Open Letter</a> by Hector Ruiz, AMD Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AMD it states
<i>The microprocessor is the brain of every computer, a transformational technology in today’s world. And as in all markets, innovation in the microprocessor sector depends on competition – the ability of consumers and businesses worldwide to choose solutions based on one microprocessor over another.</i>
<i>Our competitor has harmed and limited competition in the microprocessor industry. On behalf of ourselves, our customers and partners, and consumers worldwide, we have been forced to take action.</i>
<i>We have filed a 48-page, detailed Complaint in federal district court. Because, as our Complaint explains exhaustively, Intel's actions include:</i>
<ul>
<li> Forcing major customers to accept exclusive deals, </li>
<li> Withholding rebates and marketing subsidies as a means of punishing customers who buy more than prescribed quantities of processors from AMD, </li>
<li> Threatening retaliation against customers doing business with AMD, </li>
<li> Establishing quotas keeping retailers from selling the computers they want, and </li>
<li> Forcing PC makers to boycott AMD product launches.</li>
</ul>
Posted By: Holes