COUNTRIES - AMD vs intel

Japan

In 2005, the company violated Japanese Antimonopoly Act, local Fair Trade Commission concluded. The commission ordered Intel to eliminate discounts that discriminated its competitor Advanced Micro Devices. To avoid a trial, Intel agreed to comply with the order.

.European Union

In July 2007, the European Commission formally accused Intel of anti-competitive practices, mostly against its main competitor AMD. The allegations, going back to 2003, include giving preferential prices to computermakers getting most or all chips from Intel, paying computer makers to delay or cancel the launch of products using AMD chips and providing chips at below cost to governments and educational institutions.Intel responded that the allegations were unfounded and instead qualified its market behavior as consumer-friendly. General counsel Bruce Sewell also responded that the Commission had misunderstood some factual assumptions concerning price and manufacturing costs.

In February 2008, a spokesman for the company announced that Intel's office in Munich had been raided by European Union competition regulators investigating its business practices. Intel reported that it was cooperating with investigators. If found guilty of stifling competition, Intel could be fined up to 10% of its annual revenue.Rival AMD also subsequently launched a website focusing on these allegations.In June 2008 the EU has filed new competition charges against Intel.

.South Korea

In September 2007, South Korean regulators formally accused Intel of breaking antitrust law. The inquiry began in February 2006 when officials raided Intel's South Korean offices. The company risked being fined up to 3% of its annual sales if found guilty.In June 2008, South Korea's Fair Trade Commission ordered Intel to pay a fine of $25.5 million for taking advantage of its dominant position to offer incentives to major Korean PC manufacturers on the condition of not buying products from rival AMD.

.United States

New York started an investigation of Intel in January 2008 on whether the company violated antitrust laws in pricing and sales of its microprocessors.[In June 2008 Federal Trade Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation for this case.