I think there should be some incentive in place to encourage other companies such as Nvidia or VIA to get into the CPU market... I mean what other industry has one company with an 80% market share? At the moment Intel can charge whatever they want for their high end processors, e.g. $1k for their "Extreme" processors

Given the size of Intel and their revenue, maybe rather than a fine, they should be required to give away their current cpu design for all to copy and sell, free of royalties. This should make them think twice about anti-competitive practices. The playing field would be leveled to a degree, it would still take a while for other companies such as AMD to ramp up with sales of their competitors products, or integrate the design into their own chips.

Anyone knows if they were found guilty when they were accused in Europe? If so, things will probably go the same way over here. I guess they use the same business tactics everywhere.

Yeah this is why I always try to buy AMD products when possible over Intel. I realize Intel does have the better product out when it comes to CPU's right now but...oh well its not that big of a deal to me i'd rather support AMD. Like others said of Intel there probably pretty much not worried at all about it and they will certaintly continue with there tactics imo.

Is there nothing the governments in this country won't do to bring down the economy?

I'm sick of the EU coming up with lawsuits for "unfairness". While I'm not defending Intel, I think the EU is more than a little lawsuit happy. They can't compete in a free market, so what do they do? File a lawsuit...

I'd like to see Nvidia get the rights to develop chipsets for the X58 platform. A lawsuit for that I would like.

So what do you expect AMD to do?
We pay the price because of Intel in the end, whether they are caught or not, prices go up
and the consumer loses money.

But if they are caught then AMD can get their products out on time and in the right price.

My question exactly. They are the one that lost the business. But are they getting any money from EU? Noooooo, why would they.
With that mentality I can sue Intel for the same reason.

I don't know how it works in Europe or in US but here in India if any individual or a company is penalised of fined, this amount is not a legitimate deductible business expense. So if a company has to pay US$ 1.5 billion in fine they would still have to pay corporate tax of US$ 500 million being 33% currently prevailing tax rate. So the cost of doing business would increase to 2.0 billion dollars, directly out of the shareholders' pockets.

This might get the share holders and the company board thinking !!!!

Oh great stuff!

I'm sure AMD pays all these people to go after Intel. I wonder if that would come under investigation?

How does the saying go? All is fair in love and war...

Well, I would pay someone off to investigate my opponent. I'm sure AMD would do the same. And since AMD has been suffering to bring out better CPU's than Intel - I'm sure they would do anything to try and cause damage to Intel.

Why not fine Intel again and again until the prices go up so much that no one would want to buy them. What remains? AMD with their "cheap" prices. It's what they've done from the beginning.

oohhhh....I see, so can you tell me which video card is made with loving and caring,....and which ones are made because someone wanted to make a buck? because I am sure that the one made from the standpoint of bettering humanity will have a better frame rate. :rolleyes: ...uhg!

and no, things would not advance faster, the whole system is based on producing something that pleases your fellow man, and that they are willing to spend the results of their labor on. those evil "maximum profits" you disdain so readily are what keep the development of more and even better things that please you, and that we find worthy of doling out the dollars that we get for producing something that pleases our fellow man.

The end game of capitalism is monopoly. Competition and improvement is a temporary state while businesses kill each other off. Only the govt can intervene to prevent monopolies and keep capitalism in its delicate competitive state.

Nice try at pawning the propaganda machine though.