On June 5438+065438+1October 13, 2009, according to foreign media reports, Intel and AMD, two giants in the chip industry, reached a comprehensive settlement agreement on Thursday, ending all previous legal disputes between them, including antitrust litigation and patent cross-licensing disputes.
AMD CEO dirk meyer said optimistically in the statement that the chip industry will enter a new era with the opportunity of reconciliation between the two parties. However, whether the chip industry can really enter a new era remains to be tested by time. The fate of AMD depends on whether the chip industry can truly achieve healthy and orderly competition.
According to the settlement agreement reached by both parties, Intel will pay AMD $654.38+$45 million; AMD and Intel will obtain patent rights under a new five-year cross-licensing agreement; Intel waives all patent litigation against AMD; Intel agrees to abide by a series of codes of business conduct; AMD waives all lawsuits against Intel.
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2009 165438+ 10/3 Intel and AMD, two giants in the chip industry, reached a comprehensive settlement agreement on Thursday.
In 2009, the European Commission fined Intel $654.38+$45 million, saying that it abused its dominant market position to crowd out AMD.
In 2008, Korean regulators fined Intel $25 million, saying it bribed two PC manufacturers to prevent them from buying AMD chips.
In the same year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began an antitrust investigation against Intel.
In 2007, the European Commission filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, including accusing Intel of bribing suppliers and asking them not to use AMD processors.
In 2006, AMD sued Intel in the German Federal Cartel Office.
In 2005, AMD filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel in the Delaware District Court and the Japanese court.
In 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. federal district court has the right, but not necessarily the obligation, to force companies to submit documents to overseas judicial institutions. The US Supreme Court sent the case back to the District Court for the Northern District of California and reiterated that the latter rejected AMD's request.
In 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court overturned the above ruling of the Northern District Court of California. Intel subsequently filed an appeal.
200 1 The Northern District Court of California rejected AMD's request. AMD subsequently filed an appeal.
In 2000, AMD filed a lawsuit with the European Commission, accusing Intel of violating the EU antitrust regulations. AMD also asked the District Court for the Northern District of California to force Intel to submit more than 60,000 pages of relevant documents to the European Commission.
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