AMD Makes Further Accusations Against Intel

By ComputerWire Staff Computer Business Online - Wednesday, May 7 06:44 am

AMD has filed a brief in a US District Court in Delaware, adding to a list of accusations against its rival Intel.

It alleges that Intel used money and pressure to dissuade Dell and HP from buying microprocessors from AMD in order to preserve its illegal monopoly in the microprocessor market.

The brief builds on an antitrust complaint filed by AMD in June 2005 after it probed more than 200 million pages of documents from Intel and computer-maker customers for details on alleged malpractice. The latest brief filed in the court apparently includes email exchanges between top executives of Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Gateway, and Japanese computer makers.

Intel has denied it engaged in anti-competitive conduct and argued the microprocessor market is competitive. It also said AMD is looking for court protection from actions that amount to discounting and other lawful forms of price competition.

Although Intel was ranked number one in CRO's 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008 list, it faces antitrust probes in Korea, Europe, and the US, and class-action lawsuits in the US. AMD, which was ranked number two in the 2007 list, does not find a place in this year's list.

AMD has asked the court for additional nine or 10 months to depose witnesses in the case. The two companies have to respond by May 12 and will present their arguments before the court on June 5. AMD expects the trial to begin in April 2009.

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