In the European and American countries, large enterprises are always shrouded under the banner of anti-monopoly law, historical experience tells us that monopoly is an economic tumor, if an organization monopolized the market, then it is bound to become bloated, slow, and the evil.

Microsoft anti-trust laws in the past has been the focus of Europe and the United States, Windows almost every department of each PC, Microsoft has been tied to take the implementation of its products, technologies, standards and services, the results of previous years, Microsoft has been engaged in a U.S. federal court was beyond belief, in order to ease the conflict with the public, Bill Gates to step down - although he is recognized as a model for business leaders in the ethical. When the Microsoft antitrust case subsided, Intel became the new target of anti-monopoly law, May 14, the EU anti-monopoly committee ruled that Intel violated European Union antitrust laws, and Intel, up to 1.06 billion euros given the huge ticket This huge figure set a new record of antitrust penalties. News immediately aroused widespread concern in the industry, as Intel's response to the parties will have made a positive appeal, and that one's own side in a weak position in the proceedings, and the other party's AMD naturally encouraged by the decision of the European Union.

Intel and AMD anti-trust lawsuit disputes

Over the years, AMD has been the means of Intel's business indignant that contain Intel's monopoly position through fair competition in the microprocessor market. As early as 2000, AMD filed suit in respect to the European Union, accusing Intel of monopolistic behavior in some European markets seriously hurt AMD and system manufacturers, the European Union immediately conduct a relevant survey, but to no avail. In 2005, AMD in the United States for the same reason a lawsuit against Intel, accusing the latter to use its monopoly position to squeeze out competitors in order to free products, discounts and other means to induce large PC makers away from AMD. This, after Microsoft's anti-monopoly lawsuit triggered the U.S. judiciary, IT sector and the public attention, this action after numerous back and forth see-saw, the dossier submitted by the parties up to 137 miles, and after repeated extension of the final federal court in in 2008 decided February 20, 2010 for eventual trial.

Now the war to re-burn back to the EU. In July 2006, AMD has Intel's legal action in Germany, this extraordinarily high efficiency of the European Union - two months after the European Commission began to take over the case, after almost three years of investigation, the European Union in May 2009 14, ruled: European Union antitrust law to determine Intel, while at 1.06 billion euros in fines. While Intel said it would appeal in the end, but the industry is very clear that the proceedings have settled, Intel is difficult to bring any change, in particular, it is similar in all countries mired in the quagmire of anti-trust lawsuit.

Intel's three major reasons for the EU Punishment

If Intel loses in the United States, we can perhaps say that the jury is sympathetic to the weak, but the EU region the implementation of civil law, the verdict depends on the evidence and legal provisions, has nothing to do with the feelings of the jury. In fact, this is not the first time Intel lost: In 2005, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) ruled that Intel violated the country's anti-monopoly law, Intel has not filed an appeal; in 2008, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) decided to fine Intel ₩ 26,000,000,000 (then equivalent to 25.4 million U.S. dollars), and pointed out that Intel abused its market dominance to coerce or bribe the local PC makers can not use non-Intel processors.

Almost all of the testimony are identified by Intel as the poor do, then we pass the testimony of AMD to understand the key. AMD noted that the European Commission ruled that there are three key points:
1. "If the x86 processors, PC makers need all or most of them purchased from Intel, the Intel will be to provide them with all or part of a secret discounts."
2. "From October 2002 to December 2007, Intel to (Germany), large-scale retailers, Media Saturn
Holding payment of remuneration, making the latter its operational and in all countries only sell Intel-based PC. "
3.
"Intel has directly interfered in the PC manufacturers and AMD relationship. Postponed or canceled if the PC manufacturers release products based on AMD processors, Intel will be paid to them, and has nothing to do with whether to buy Intel products."

For the three to testify, Intel is clearly unable to fight back, because such behavior is not just in some areas, Intel all countries around the world (of course, also including China) are so dry, Intel has a variety of Fandian many names in the PC increasingly meager profits of the industry today, a number of small and medium branded PC makers not even a high degree of dependence on Intel can make the interpretation of this is that these are all normal business policy, each company can have its own policy. Clearly, in this three measure, any business you want to move the idea of co-operation with the AMD will think about over and over again, and only Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer has a number of advantages such enterprises, and get rid of Intel's strength, but in more time, they all will use AMD products as bargaining chips with Intel.

A revolutionary turning point in the

Intel's strong for all to see, a strong body is always too easy to abuse their power, even though its powers conferred by the market. Now, was placed under the sword of the anti-monopoly law, Intel could face a crisis has never been encountered, this home capitalized company for 1.06 billion euros fine and there is no matter how great, but it means that Intel will henceforth be PC makers can no longer use the current discount tools, PC manufacturers can choose according to their own suppliers, rather than Intel, led by the nose.

The victory for the AMD lawsuit is a huge inspiration, and now it can fairly compete with their rivals on the battlefield, VIA, and NVIDIA will have a new opportunity, in this sense, the EU's decision completely changed the microprocessor industry, the next turn. As a great business, we also believe that Intel has enough wisdom to continue to lead the future.