AMD v Intel -- Antitrust lawsuit

[scott d]

Interesting article for the business-minded, thought you guys might be interested.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/21/8383598/index.htm

and another
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/08/21/8383599/index.htm

McCoy isn't buying Sewell's explanations. In June 2005, AMD filed a historic antitrust suit against Intel, accusing it of illegally preserving its alleged monopoly on x86 processors by means of a wide range of exclusionary practices. The suit aims to keep Intel from cramming AMD back into its familiar market-share box.

This time AMD hopes to break free to parity. The lawsuit is its hacksaw. AMD claims that computer makers are quietly rooting it on. "Our customers were telling us," says McCoy, " 'The only thing that prevents us from buying more technology from you is the fact that we don't think we can withstand the punishment Intel will put on us.' What the industry needed," continues McCoy, "was antitrust cover to try to back Intel off its practices. With the regulatory spotlight being turned on bright, the industry would be more courageous in building market share with us."