The manufacturers that towed the Intel line were given unrealistic discounts. The companies that marketed both Intel and AMD products paid higher prices for their Intel parts. Those companies were at a competitive disadvantage and many failed or were acquired.
Intel selected which companies survived. They reduced competition. We're paying more today because of this and will continue paying more into the future.
Intel today won a key ruling in an antitrust case when a Delaware court rejected the request to grant the case class action status, according to reports.
Intel is accused of wrongfully offering discounts to manufacturers, which led to inflated prices. But the court said that the plaintiffs could not show that consumers were harmed by Intel’s discounts.
Intel settled all of its legal disputes, including antitrust litigation, with AMD in November for $1.25 billion. But even as the companies announced the settlement, a defiant Intel maintained that its business practices are not illegal.
The plaintiffs have 21 days to object to today’s ruling.
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