Intel "an indivisible, global monopolist", AMD claims

CHIP FIRM AMD filed an answer to an Intel motion which wanted the judge in an antitrust case to dismiss elements relating to the foreign origin of microprocessors.

Intel had argued that the judge in the AMD case should dismiss elements relating to foreign commerce claims.

But AMD, in the filing it made yesterday, claims that's no argument because the CPU market is one single global market and in its view Intel has abused its monopoly worldwide.

Intel, claimed AMD, had "coerced OEMs in all parts of the world". AMD legal man Thomas McCoy said: "In a single global market, what happens in Osaka does not stay in Osaka... The federal antitrust laws do not permit Intel to avoid responsibility... by simply jumping across the border and then claiming US courts lack the power to hold Intel accountable."

AMD argued in its filing in the Delaware court that the microprocessor market is "indivisible" and dominated by Intel. US courts, it continued, should take note of conduct directly harming US customers.

It argued that previous precedents such as the Empagram case did not have bearing on its antitrust case because, it alleges, Intel behaves in a coordinated way whether in domestic or foreign courts.

The case continues. Probably until about 2009. µ

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