You Have Been Served!

Intel has been slapped with a subpoena for possible antitrust violations. Wlll be interesting to see how NY AG proves his point –

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York issued a wide-ranging subpoena to the Intel Corporation on Thursday as part of an investigation into whether the company violated federal or state antitrust laws in the way it priced and sold microprocessors.

The investigation follows a preliminary look at Intel by Mr. Cuomo’s office over several months and is the latest in a string of legal challenges the company has faced around the world.

Mr. Cuomo’s investigation is the first governmental challenge to Intel’s sales practices in the United States, and comes less than three months after the head of the Federal Trade Commission rejected requests from members of Congress and some commission members to open a formal investigation of Intel at the federal level.

The investigation will focus on a particular type of chip, known as the x86, that is the industry standard for most desktop computers, laptops, and servers. Intel currently controls 90 percent of the x86 market, estimated at $30 billion in annual sales worldwide.

Good luck. This could be years in the making before we see anything out of this one.

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