AMD lawyers: Intel-competitive conduct in breach of the law

AMD Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs Tom - McCoy (Tom McCoy) give two examples to illustrate AMD Intel engaged in a surprise attack on the breach of the law for all. McCoy said the first raid Intel took place in 1999, when AMD has just Published Athlon (Athlon) framework. He claimed: "Looking back to us breaking the law, Intel launched a surprise attack, it is easy to find, they are always in our next-generation technology to market when the trouble. We are in the market in 1999 when the introduction of Athlon They are doing so. "

McCoy said: "Intel's old tricks again in 2003. We launched in 2003, the server-oriented Opteron (Opteron) processor and Athlon 64 processors, they have the trouble or the class. We have put in place to integrate Memory controller HyperTransport, and are concerned about the energy consumption. This is the key to AMD's processor technology, Intel a few years behind us. "

Intel asked the European Union in the punishment at a fine of 1.45 billion U.S. dollars, McCoy said: "We do not care about fines, for us, it is important that the EU ban. Ruling required the immediate implementation of the ban Intel, Intel immediately request AMD technology hindered the termination of the illegal ban on entering the market. "

Intel did not specifically comment on this issue. Intel, a spokesman said: "AMD's remarks confirmed the consistent stand of our previous. Market returns and performance is always a good customer. If Intel has performed poorly, our products are not a strong road map, the user will naturally be looking for other manufacturers. "