NY State Investigating Intel

Carl Martin · January 10th, 2008

New York launches antitrust probe into Intel | Technology | Reuters

If charges are true, it seems a rather stupid move on Intel's part seeing how their processors were (are) killing AMD's by means of their superior
performance. Did they wish to try to crush their primary adversary while it was down and wounded, or were they worried that AMD just might be able to get back on its feet. Regardless, ethics and morality seem to have little or no place in today's corporate world.

Carl

fstroupe · January 10th, 2008

I really have been expecting this for a long time, up until a year or two ago, Intel used their muscle to coerce Dell and HP (for a period of time) and possibly other companies not to use AMD, or at least that's how the story goes.

Lead Head · January 10th, 2008

AMD Started this lawsuit a few years ago, back when they were dominating Intel, and gaining market share by the second. So don't think this is anything new just because intel is ontop now. The suit has just simple developed further now.

Someone i know did tell me that they owned a PC Shop, and intel gave them two choices, either A: Stop selling AMD CPUs, or B: Face huge price increases. Whether or not the person was telling the truth, I have no clue.

**stinger608** · January 10th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Someone i know did tell me that they owned a PC Shop, and intel gave them two choices, either A: Stop selling AMD CPUs, or B: Face huge price increases. Whether or not the person was telling the truth, I have no clue.

It would have had to be a huge PC shop!!! Most all of the smaller to mid size PC shops have to purchase inventory from distributors, not from the manufactures themselves. Most of the very large manufactures will only sell to OEM companies such as Dell or HP.

Carl Martin · January 10th, 2008

I don't know if, technically, there was coercion involved, but both of our local shops are "Intel only". The owner or one of them told me that he gets a substantial discount for using only Intel processors and motherboards.

Carl

azianai · January 10th, 2008

to be perfectly honest, i'll just file this with all the other microsoft anti-trust suits and what not. and i would wish our attorney general (bein a NYer) would concentrate on more pressing stuff -_-//

screwballl · January 11th, 2008

If any size shop signs a contract or agreement with Intel to be an Intel only location, they can get deeper discounts on direct sales.
I worked for a local computer shop that had this issue and he wouldn't sign it.

January 10th, 2008	#1
Carl Martin vincit qui se vincit Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 480	NY State Investigating Intel New York launches antitrust probe into Intel \| Technology \| Reuters If charges are true, it seems a rather stupid move on Intel's part seeing how their processors were (are) killing AMD's by means of their superior performance. Did they wish to try to crush their primary adversary while it was down and wounded, or were they worried that AMD just might be able to get back on its feet. Regardless, ethics and morality seem to have little or no place in today's corporate world. Carl Core 2 Duo E6750 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Abit IP35 Pro 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 EVGA 8800GT 500GB Seagate Barracuda 32MB Cache Coolermaster RC-690 OCZ StealthXStream 600 watt Acer AL2216W 22" monitor Windows XP Pro SP2

January 10th, 2008	#2
fstroupe A Lonely Geek Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NE Mississippi Posts: 291 Blog Entries: 3	Re: NY State Investigating Intel I really have been expecting this for a long time, up until a year or two ago, Intel used their muscle to coerce Dell and HP (for a period of time) and possibly other companies not to use AMD, or at least that's how the story goes.

January 10th, 2008	#3
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	Re: NY State Investigating Intel AMD Started this lawsuit a few years ago, back when they were dominating Intel, and gaining market share by the second. So don't think this is anything new just because intel is ontop now. The suit has just simple developed further now. Someone i know did tell me that they owned a PC Shop, and intel gave them two choices, either A: Stop selling AMD CPUs, or B: Face huge price increases. Whether or not the person was telling the truth, I have no clue. Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

January 10th, 2008	#5
Carl Martin vincit qui se vincit Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 480	Re: NY State Investigating Intel I don't know if, technically, there was coercion involved, but both of our local shops are "Intel only". The owner or one of them told me that he gets a substantial discount for using only Intel processors and motherboards. Carl Core 2 Duo E6750 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Abit IP35 Pro 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 EVGA 8800GT 500GB Seagate Barracuda 32MB Cache Coolermaster RC-690 OCZ StealthXStream 600 watt Acer AL2216W 22" monitor Windows XP Pro SP2

January 10th, 2008	#6
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,623	Re: NY State Investigating Intel to be perfectly honest, i'll just file this with all the other microsoft anti-trust suits and what not. and i would wish our attorney general (bein a NYer) would concentrate on more pressing stuff -_-// Asus Rampage Formula Q9450 @ 3.8 Ghz Thermalright Ultra 120 Black Edition 4gb GSkill 1066 DDR2 1 WD Velociraptor 150GB 1 500GB Seagate 7200.10 2 1TB Seagate 7200.11 EVGA GTX260 Core 216 Silverstone ST85F Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 Samsung TOC T240HD

January 11th, 2008	#7
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: NY State Investigating Intel If any size shop signs a contract or agreement with Intel to be an Intel only location, they can get deeper discounts on direct sales. I worked for a local computer shop that had this issue and he wouldn't sign it. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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