Posts tagged intel
Wow, AMD better than Intel (it’s official)
Nov 16th
It’s time, once again, for the Top 500 list of speedy supercomputers. AMD is crowing that the first four are powered by its chips. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers dissect the list and marvel at the big numbers.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15102/wow_amd_better_than_intel_its_official
Intel and AMD settle legal rows
Nov 12th
US chip maker Intel has agreed to pay rival AMD $1.25bn as part of a deal to settle all outstanding legal disputes between the two companies
New York's Attorney General files an antitrust suit against Intel.
Nov 6th
“Intel has engaged in a systematic worldwide campaign of illegal, exclusionary conduct to maintain its monopoly power and prices in the market for x86 microprocessors,” the suit asserts. “By exacting exclusive or near-exclusive agreements from large computer makers in exchange for payments totaling billions of dollars, and threatening retaliation against any company that did not heed its wishes, Intel robbed its competitors of the opportunity to challenge Intel’s dominance in key segments of the market. This illegal behavior was highly detrimental to consumers, competition, and innovation.”
