EU hits Intel with $1.45 billion antitrust fine

**MIG-31** · May 13, 2009, 03:59 PM

Intel has been fined more than 1 billion euros by the European Commission for violating antitrust legislation, following a lengthy investigation prompted by complaints made by its chipmaking rival Advanced Micro Devices.

Intel is being fined 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion) for engaging in illegal anticompetitive practices to exclude competitors from the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units (CPUs), the Commission said in a statement Wednesday.
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May 13, 2009, 03:59 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,843 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	EU hits Intel with $1.45 billion antitrust fine Intel has been fined more than 1 billion euros by the European Commission for violating antitrust legislation, following a lengthy investigation prompted by complaints made by its chipmaking rival Advanced Micro Devices. Intel is being fined 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion) for engaging in illegal anticompetitive practices to exclude competitors from the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units (CPUs), the Commission said in a statement Wednesday. ____________ Source: C\|Net (Business Tech) A little thanks goes to PH3NOM for the submit. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here Last edited by MIG-31; May 13, 2009 at 04:05 PM.