One guy said it best, it is NOT just Black AMD and White Intel for or against either.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8215

According to a 2004 article in BusinessWeek, the European Commission began investigating Intel as early as 2001, although the initial probe was dropped. Things picked up again in 2004, which culminated in a raid of Intel’s European offices in 2005.

AMD hopes the charges filed will benefit consumers. "We are confident that this statement of objections will be a catalyst in opening the global microprocessor markets for the benefit of consumers and PC companies alike,” says AMD EMEA president Giuliano Meroni.
Silverman wouldn't say Monday whether AMD has petitioned the FTC but did acknowledge that the company had filed a complaint in 2000 in Europe. The company's lawsuit against Intel is scheduled to go to trial in a Delaware federal court in April 2009.
Paying off Judges?

According to a disclosure report filed with Congress, AMD paid a lobbying firm $200,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby Congress, the White House, U.S. Trade Representative's office and Departments of Commerce and State on "antitrust issues in the semiconductor industry."
http://management.silicon.com/govern...9131454,00.htm

In the 48-page filing, which has an exasperated tone, AMD highlights its efforts - most of which it claims were rebuffed - to persuade major original equipment manufacturers to use its processors. For instance, when AMD offered HP, the biggest computer maker in the world, a million processors for free, HP took only 160,000, said AMD.


Excuse me, isn't that dumping? They say Intel sold processors under costs, how can you undercut free? Saying Intel forced HP to do anything when HP as been AMD's largest partner is pretty silly!

A very good read that tries to explain both side's issues and some history!

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...507442,00.html

The 2002 decision against Michelin also makes life tricky for Intel. The tire maker was found to have abused its market dominance by offering rebates and incentives to dealers that had the effect of excluding competitors. The comparisons to the Intel-AMD situation are striking because much of AMD's argument is built on the allegedly predatory impact of Intel's "market development" rebates to PC makers, also known as the Intel Inside program, which include payments to offset the cost of advertising. Intel responds that consumers have benefited from these rebates through lower prices.

When all is said and done, it is commie style legislated competition and it will increase to help AMD, just as it was when it first showed up in 2000, almost nine years ago.

http://www.crn.com/hardware/19360083...OSKHSCJUNN2JVN

By Steven Burke, ChannelWeb
9:00 AM EST Mon. Nov. 13, 2006
From the November 13, 2006 issue of CRN

One hallmark of any good channel program is fairness to all classes of partners from the smallest to the biggest. VARs are businesspeople. They understand that vendors have to do what's right for the business. But they also know when partnerships are just plain inequitable. That's the feeling of more than a few Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) partners who are upset regarding a severe shortage of AMD Athlon 64 2X processors.

STEVEN BURKE
Can be reached at (781) 839-1221 or via e-mail at sburke@cmp.com.
What's curious about the AMD shortage is it comes in the wake of the chip maker's blockbuster deal to supply chips to longtime channel antagonist Dell (NSDQell). First off, it is system builders of all stripes that put AMD on the market-share map. These trusted partners saw the performance gains that could be had with the AMD processors, took them and ran with them. Dell, meanwhile, stuck its head in the sand. If you can't supply your current longtime loyal customers, why would you take on a large contract with a channel killer like Dell and then put the screws to the partners that were backing you?

AMD has acknowledged the shortage but has failed to address head-on the system builder fury. What we plainly have here is a failure to communicate that is all too common when it comes to vendors grappling with product shortages or channel policies that rub partners the wrong way.
Not just something Donnie27 and others are making up! I can back up every frakkin' thing I've said! Or they can believe Hector as he'd said their market share would be larger. If AMD had the volume they could have gained up to about 35% of the market, only to see the Merom based notebook and Conroes hand them their @$$! Then end up right back At about 13%. Just as Intel didn't have to pay off Apple to go Intel.

Last but not least, all of Intel's rebates, promotions and etc was posted and NO secrete.

http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/rese...eng/306999.htm
New This Week!
* Intel® High Performance SSD promotion. Valid 4/26/09-6/20/09
* All Cores are NOT Created Equal Promotion! Valid: 4/19/09 - 7/18/09
* Think Big... Go Small Promotion! Valid: 4/19/09 - 7/18/09
* Instant Rebate on Intel® Q8400 Core™ 2 Quad processor Box: Valid 4/19/09-7/19/09 or while supplies last
Ending Soon!
* Intel® Core™ i7 processor plus an Intel® High-Performance Solid-State Drive (SSD) Promotion Valid: 1/25/09–4/25/09
If I worked for one of the SSD makers I'd get in some of the Tort LOL!