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New York Charges Intel with Anticompetitive Actions By Richard Koman November 4, 2009 1:57PM New York has become the first U.S. government authority to sue Intel for anticompetitive actions following the European Union's $1.45 billion fine. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged the chipmaker with using bribery and coercion against archrival AMD. Other states and the U.S. may also file antitrust actions against Intel.   Related Topics Intel Antitrust European Union $1.45 Billion Fine Andrew Cuomo AMD Latest News Endeavour Inspected for Damage Autism Risk for Kids of Older Mothers Go Online and You Can Save the Planet In Haiti, Relief Gaps Are Spreading U.S. To Form Climate-Change Agency (Page 2 of 2) Intel allegedly paid hundreds of millions of dollars to Hewlett-Packard to limit its sales of AMD-based computers to five percent, threatened HP that it would derail development of an important server technology, and agreed to pay HP $925 million to increase Intel's sales at AMD's expense. Intel also paid IBM $130 million not to launch an AMD-based server product, threatened to pull funding for joint IBM-Intel projects, and pressured IBM to sell an AMD-based server only on an unbranded basis, the suit says. Tarnished Reputation New York's suit may be the first government action in the U.S., but it likely won't be the last. "I wonder if this is the precursor to other state attorneys general and the federal government getting into the mix," Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, said in a telephone interview. If this suit or others drag on for some time, Intel may wind up with a seriously damaged reputation. And while customers may not have anywhere else to go, Intel faces a long-term risk that customers may start to view Intel as a "black hat." That might create pent-up demand for an alternative, much as Microsoft suffered at the hands of open source and Mozilla. "At a certain point, it may be better to settle and move on and promise you won't do anything like this again, rather than continue to fight," King said. "But at this point, it looks like Intel will have plenty of opportunities to continue protesting their innocence for quite a while." < Previous Page  |  1  |  2   Tell Us What You Think Your Comment: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Advertisement  Computing 1.   MS: Windows 7 Doesn't Hurt Battery 2.   Tips for More Windows 7 Productivity 3.   The Pros and Cons of Apple's iPad 4.   IBM Power7 Server Takes on Big Load 5.   China Cyberattacks: Pervasive Threat

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