EU Publishes Details Of Antitrust Case Against Intel
2009年9月21日 - 7:15PM
Dow Jones News
The European Commission Monday stepped up its public relations
battle with computer chip maker Intel Corp. (INTC), setting out in
detail how Intel breached antitrust rules by keeping smaller rival
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) out of the computer market.
In the non-confidential version of the commission's original
Intel antitrust decision from May, Europe's highest antitrust
authority lays out specific cases where the chip giant abused its
dominant position to put pressure on computer manufacturers and
retailers not to buy AMD's chips.
The published version provides email excerpts from companies
including Dell Inc. (DELL), Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), Lenovo Group
Ltd. (0992.HK) and Acer Inc. (2353.TW), in which company executives
discuss the harsh conditions imposed on them by Intel.
According to the commission, Dell said in an internal
presentation in 2003 that should the computer manufacturer switch
any of its computer chip supplies from Intel to AMD, Intel
retaliation "could be severe and prolonged with impact to all
[lines of business]."
Meanwhile, Intel rebates to HP were conditioned between 2002 and
2005 on HP buying "at least 95% of its business desktop system from
Intel," according to a company submission to the commission.
-By Peppi Kiviniemi, Dow Jones Newswires; +3227411483;
peppi.kiviniemi@dowjones.com