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Doesn't this make Intel a criminal organization?
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?refe...
I asked this in Desktops as well but I feel that it is just as applicable here.
Oh I know it's not new and I know about the 80s too, I had an original IBM PC and built my first PC in 1988. It was a 286-16. The thing is that most people are not aware of this like you and I so I thought I'd share some knowledge with people. :-)
Actually Tom, you're wrong. Intel's current architecture was copied from AMD. Unless you use an x86-32 CPU, (which became extinct when the Pentium 4 Prescott was released) then your CPU is based on AMD's x86-64 architecture, even if your CPU is an Intel or VIA. Intel can't sue anyone because they had licenced both AMD and VIA to produce x86 CPUs. Intel's anti-competitive practices are the reason why we're not further ahead. AMD's Athlon 64 crushed the Pentium 4 in performance and as a result, Intel renewed its illegal practices in order to damage AMD's Athlon 64 sales. This hurt AMD badly and AMD wasn't able to keep developing new product as a result. Then Intel caught up with them and surpassed them. If this hadn't happened, AMD would currently have a chip that could bury the i7-9xx series. That's why the fine was so huge. It hurt consumers and they didn't even know it. That's why I cringe when someone on Y!A says that they prefer Intel. If they only knew what Intel did to them..
You're absolutely right Slick. What really gets me is the people on here who try to call themselves "IT technicians" and know less about computer hardware and design than a salesman in Best Buy. They claim "don't use AMD, it's inferior" and my favourite "You need to have an i7 in a gaming build" which is one of the worst things you can do.
It's like the guy from blue-collar TV says, "You can't fix stupid!" LOL
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Of course it does. That's why such a high fine was given. They stole from customers the chance to make a decision and also caused many companies to act illegally against Intel's competitors. When a person goes into a store and has to choose from such odds as 9 out of 10 items that are having Intel parts compared to 1 in 10 of another companies parts, which do you think they will choose?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
This isn't new at all.
IBM contracted two companies to design them new CPU's. Intel and AMD. Intel actually convinced IBM to void their contract with AMD. That was in the mid 80's I believe. I think the lawsuit when on up to almost 15 years later.
- ♥Tom♥Lv 61 decade ago
Absolutely! they should be shut down immediately!! No more Intel processors to be manufactured or sold!
Now, in reality, until the court decided to fine Intel they were just doing good business practices. Each entity interprets the law in different ways, that is why we have courts.
Edit: Now Intel will sue the other companies for infringing upon Intel's patents and copyrights that they reverse engineered.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yep. Big money creates big time white collar crime. IBM, 2006, payed 65mil settlement to workers in lawsuit concerning overtime. So what are you really asking ?
