FTC sues Intel for alleged monopoly abuse

Courtesy Engadget  Wed, 12/16/2009 - 09:41

Here we go, folks.

FTC is suing Intel for what it sees to be "anticompetitive tactics." The FTC has been circling this debate since last year , but now it has followed in the steps of the EU, and the New York attorney general (but no longer AMD) in prosecuting the chip giant.

The FTC claims, among other things, that Intel has abused its monopoly position to "[wage] a systematic campaign to shut out rivals' competing microchips by cutting...


 

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