EU slaps Intel with three more antitrust charges

Man, the EU is really not too fond of Intel, is it? Adding to all the other antitrust charges filed against the chipmaker, the friendly grey suits at the European Commission have slapped on an additional three: paying a "leading European retailer" not stock AMD products, giving incentives to PC makers to switch to Intel chips, and paying an unspecified company to delay the launch of an AMD-based product. For its part, Intel is reacting like it always does when the Europeans get prickly: by steadfastly denying everything. Intel has eight weeks to file a formal response, but as with all of these cases, we wouldn't expect a resolution any time soon.

[Thanks, Ricky]

[icepop4who @ Jul 17th 2008 8:46PM]

You idiots who are posting "FIRST" should really go eat your shit. You are useless. People who yell second or whatever consecutive places are even worse.

Anyway, I don't feel sorry for Intel at all since AMD just reported $1.2B loss. The market is turning too much to Intel's favor and thus reducing competition. What happened to the time when AMD ruled the gaming market? I know the answer.

[Ignatius @ Jul 17th 2008 9:06PM]

Well, here's hoping they get banned.

[Rob @ Jul 17th 2008 8:52PM]

Can you girls posting all these "first" and "second" childish crap go back to your gossip boards? It's getting old ladies.

[phanbouy @ Jul 17th 2008 9:05PM]

@ballsack

die in a fire

[KeegdnaB @ Jul 17th 2008 8:59PM]

Its crap like this which is why I'm proud to be an AMD fanboy.....now if they would just get their act in gear and deliver I won't lose faith.

[Ignatius @ Jul 17th 2008 9:08PM]

I used to be a huge AMD fanboy, I even skimped over DDR2 just to stay with S939 and with the awesome Athlon 64 series, with my last system.

However, now that I'm running a QX6850... it's kind of sad to see both companies flailing underneath financial woes.

[icepop4who @ Jul 17th 2008 9:10PM]

way to sit in a sinking ship. I applaud you sailor.

Sorry, i'm an intel guy. Always been, even when intel was getting its ass kicked during Athlon X2 vs. Pentium D

[phanbouy @ Jul 17th 2008 9:12PM]

"Sorry, i'm an intel guy"

I'm a price-performance on an individual basis guy. While that not have the same ring to it, at least I'm not publicly trying to validate my genitalia.

[erislover @ Jul 18th 2008 9:06AM]

@phanbouy
Without validated genetalia, you have to pay double when you park it. Validate it, dude.

[Neebs @ Jul 17th 2008 9:02PM]

facepalm.jpg

[Lediur @ Jul 17th 2008 9:10PM]

The only reason Intel is ahead is because they are currently producing a superior processor / chipset. This is analogous to the ATi / nVidia competition (for now, anyways).

Back when AMD was ahead was because they were producing superior processors.

[Nippero @ Jul 17th 2008 9:17PM]

... well no shit? isnt that obvious? :|

[LJKelley @ Jul 17th 2008 9:25PM]

AMD has never been ahead, there have always been more computers sold or offered with Intel over AMD even when AMD's chips were better. It was only after the slight success of their chips that Toshiba etc started even offering more AMD chips.

[Vëon @ Jul 17th 2008 9:26PM]

Actually AMD was never really ahead market-wise, even when they had the superior products. Why? Well... read the post.

[Sudo @ Jul 17th 2008 9:21PM]

The EU sure is a fucking party pooper in the technology business world.

[phanbouy @ Jul 17th 2008 9:29PM]

we can't stop here, this is bat country!

[kccboy2004 @ Jul 17th 2008 9:30PM]

@Zak,

If you are still there, here is a link to verfiy what you have called me on:

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/17/2221205

[kccboy2004 @ Jul 17th 2008 9:32PM]

@Zak,

Here is another link to prove salary comparisons

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/10/at-glassdoor-find-out-how-much-people-really-make-at-google-microsoft-yahoo-and-everywhere-else/

[kaiswil2 @ Jul 17th 2008 9:46PM]

Pretty soon, they'll just be adding in a EU Anti Trust fee to each processor they sell. Or how about they stop sending processors to Europe and they can go back to the dark ages and weaken the Euro and strengthen the Dollar.

I bet its the Frenchies squawking.

[Andrew @ Jul 18th 2008 1:56AM]

When will fools like you learn? Europe is the biggest market for Microsoft and Intel alike. If they stopped shipping products to Europe they would lose huge amounts of money! I suspect you have very little education.

Also, this is in YOUR best interest! AMD should be allowed to compete on an equal playing field. What Intel has done is terrible, if Intel wins on technology alone fine!

What is your problem anyway? AMD and Intel are both American companies. The EU is standing up for the weaker party in order for there to be MORE competition and better products for consumers everywhere!

[Andrew @ Jul 18th 2008 2:04AM]

If Intel stops shipping CPUs to Europe, AMD has a shiny new factory in Germany...

[neofolklore @ Jul 18th 2008 8:35AM]

The contrast between you guy's avatars is kind of disturbing and implies that you are arguing with yourself.

[Sukhminder @ Jul 17th 2008 9:49PM]

Screw the European Commission. They can't innovate so they'll tax American companies, which do.

(Disclaimer: I am Canadian)

[Ignatius @ Jul 17th 2008 11:12PM]

I'd assume being Canadian would probably give you more reason to say that.

[Andrew @ Jul 18th 2008 2:01AM]

Oh, you are soooo right. Europe is not known for innovation. It's not like we started any Industrial Revolutions or anything.

Heck, that first computer we created (in Britain) never went far. Diesel engines are a thing of the past. Surely we can do better than x-rays, I want z-rays!

That WWW thingy we created at CERN in Switzerland will never catch on anyway. ARM processors are so small! Companies like Nokia never create anything useful or new. And I have doubts about that GSM cellphone network we invented.

You sure are right, I am so happy you opened my eyes to it.

[Shadow08 @ Jul 20th 2008 4:10PM]

I'm still wondering why the EU lets Apple get away with locking OSX to its hardware and tying the iPod to iTunes.

[Steven1350 @ Jul 17th 2008 10:32PM]

thats easy, becasue there is more money in suing microsoft and its products.

[halycon404 @ Jul 17th 2008 11:03PM]

Because Apple is its own worst enemy. Always has been, always will be. There is no reason to slap an Anti-Trust lawsuit on a company which is self limiting its own profits. Microsoft doesn't even enter into the picture with Apple. They've never competed. Even back in the 80s. Apple always sold hardware, MS always sold software. Back in the day it was really more IBM vs Apple. IBM's open-ish hardware platform won out. MS was just the supplier of the OS, so MS did well by being IMBs software vendor. And ever since then, people keep comparing Apple to MS. It'd be better to compare Apple to Dell, or Apple to IMB, or even the most valid of all comparisons.. Apple to Sun. But because the software which runs on Apple Computers is the thing which sets them apart from everyone else in the computer game, everyone thinks they are a software company. And that is something Steve jobs will never let happen. Its more profitable to be a niche hardware supplier who can say "it just works", than to build the support base MS has built, to allow every configuration of everything, and become a true software vendor.

[yoshi @ Jul 18th 2008 12:10AM]

Errr, why are you bringing up Apple at all? This is about Intel and AMD. AMD. AMD. Not Apple. AMD. And Intel. Not Apple. Got it?

Not sure what's worse, an Apple Fanboy or an Anti-Apple Fanboy. Probably just Fanboys of all varieties.

[BB @ Jul 18th 2008 12:44AM]

OK, some I'm going to put this on the table first I currently have an AMD system, but its starting to show its age and my next system is going to be in Intel system. That being said if and only if all of these charges are proven then Intel is in for a world of SHIT and the reason for this is because AMD will be able to file suite against them for lost profiles and other BLAH, BLAH, BLAH stuff.
Yes I am aware that it would be a little late in the game but with the extra cash they could win from all this they would finally be able to build new FAB's and expand R&D. Yes it would take a few years for the consumer to see any changes in market share but it would give a nice jump start. Sure Intel can and will fight all of those charges but if anyone can get them to stick its the EU so only time will tell..

[htrainster @ Jul 18th 2008 2:34PM]

does it seems to me that the EU fair trade commision might be biased against american companies ? ( NOT raising a nationalist stance) EU always penalize the american comp. the hardest. and the eu seems to be rather more left leaning......

[Oinquer @ Jul 18th 2008 5:16AM]

...im a price for performance dude...
still i fell good seeing Intel getting his ass slapped hehehehe....

[OrangeCrane @ Jul 18th 2008 6:55AM]

This is really an issue of ethics, not performance. I would rather "trust" a company, who doesn't practice dirty tricks like Intel or M$, with my money.

Intel and Microsoft are just names that have been sold to unsuspecting buyers. Sadly much of the world buys what's popular, just because it's popular.

(Note: this was posted from a Linux/AMD machine =P )

[neofolklore @ Jul 18th 2008 8:32AM]

LOW RANKED c-c-c-COMBO BREAKER

[Squirrel @ Jul 18th 2008 2:06PM]

Funny, whenever other authorities raise their voice against an American company (or two or even the whole gang) some under-educated US fellows whining around and screaming foul. They still believe the US market is a liberal market, heck. Please guys, get out of the propagana stream of your government. Whenever somebody tries to buy a US company and your government thinks that's against your interests, they simply forbid the transaction (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/business/worldbusiness/21invest.html). that happens over and over again.

You are neither the land of the free nor of free market, even fair trial is not possible (3 years for a guitar thief, nobody was hurt > http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/chi-guitar_thief_bothmay17,0,2022812.story) and the human rights...well...you are not any better than China. Death penalty, torture and such ridiculous jails (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1825667/posts) for marijuana smokers...

Stop whining you wussy guy!

[squirrel @ Jul 18th 2008 2:22PM]

Ahh, and just to make my unqualified rant complete: Your relationship to sex is just absurd. the biggest producer and consumer of porn and all the time such things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlzkaDEWmas

BTW: I'm living in Chicago so I know what I'm talking about (and yes, I'm going back again ;-)! One thing I have to admit: Americans are, at least here in Chicago, way more helpful and friendly than anywhere in Europe.