Sunday, January 15, 2012

Intel sues antitrust to change industry modes of life and relation to their environment again

Zheng Di



Just cost 1.25 billion dollar last month, solved the Intel with co dvd discovery 3 mpetitor AMD antitrust and patent dispute, again lawsuit pesters a body. Commission of American federal trade (FTC)12 sues Intel 16 days month, accuse its abuse market dominant position to elbow out a competitor to reach enlarge forestall.



FTC basically includes to the accusation of Intel, use menace and bind the block of unfair competition method such as the price to break adversary to enter the market, the choice of privative consumer is free, the innovation that limits chip industry. Intel continues to call loss loudly along with the statement of late watch, the accusation that calls federal commerce committee is apparent " misdirect " consumer, and Intel all the time the practice since is " complete fairness is lawful " , and " benefit consumer " .



Bo Weici of Lai of · of favour of Chairman FTC tall (Jon Leibowitz) suffers late secondhand that day when media is interviewed, express, begin the investigation that launchs to Intel from June 2008 through FTC, enough evidence shows Intel uses the method such as menace and lure by promise of gain, force each big PC manufacturer such as Dai Er, HP and IBM not to purchase the competitor's chip. Intel still used the means of exclusive agreement or exclusiveness agreement, prevented PC manufacturer promotion to install the product that is not Intel chip.



Nevertheless En Laiboweici also emphasizes tall, FTC can not resemble European Union committee finding out economy to punish to Intel in that way, pass however apply for a ban to the court, with prohibiting Intel uses menace, bind overweight of the price, side the quote of exclusive agreement and inequitable ground operate the measure such as the price of its CPU or GPU chip is preventive competition. At the same time FTC also will be urged and assist Intel to change its competition way, for example new price, limitation hits packet of product and po dvd discovery 4 ssible patent to share etc.



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Because hold personal computer microprocessor the market share of nearly 80% , similar accusation is faced all the time since Intel is old, but the market action that its refuse to admit existence is undeserved from beginning to end.



This year May, european Union committee rules Intel abuses market dominant position to elbow out AMD, be in the day price amerce with 1.45 billion dollar to its. And on November 12, intel is more from dig down 1.25 billion dollar, reach to reconcile in the round with AMD agreement, all law conflict between finish both sides, include antitrust lawsuit an dog crates large d controversy of patent across accredit.



"Reconcile finally of Intel and AMD last month, actually understandable to carry furtive kind, for its improper market action buries sheet. " on December 17, an inside course of study personage that is close to FTC committee expresses to the reporter, "The market staff of Intel is to had taken a few radical sale step really, but these cases are final should OK the trend reconciles. But these cases are final should OK the trend reconciles..



"FTC is at the same time the microprocessor business to Intel and chip set business undertake investigating this, it is CPU not just, also include advocate board chip set and GPU. " this personage discloses further, there are 3 this to hold with Er of Xiang Ying spy in 4 committee members of FTC to lodge a complaint, because there was new antitrust suit again after AMD,be main body and shove a hand, FTC has regarded the newest part that investigates to Intel antitrust as to undertake assessment the legal dispute of Intel and chip manufacturer Nvidia.



Actually, this year Feburary Intel and Nvidia had resorted to arms, the accredit agreement that the action that Intel sues Nvidia to call latter production and processor of sale Nehalem series chip set violated both sides to was signed 2004, nvidia March to Intel counterclaim, accuse latter violates a contract.



Besides showing clip, nvidia still produces processor chip series, intel thinks, the authorization that Nvidia place obtains does not allow his to produce Intel the chip set of newest design. October, nvidia published the statement of an expression severity, express to will stop to be microprocessor of Intel new generation to produce the chip se dog stairs for car ries of form a complete set.



And Huang Renxun of the Nvidia CEO end October is visited China when, also again the sale way that cannon Intel ties calm chip set. He expresses, the approach that buys Intel alone is moved (Atom) processor needs 45 dollars, but if buy its at the same time,chip set and approach use processor, and the chip group that does not buy Nvidia, so the price that approach uses processor is 25 dollars only. "Intel is to deserve the punishment in the United States by antitrust investigation, above example enough proves Intel is the product that will hold back an user to buy us through bribery and rake-off. Above example enough proves Intel is the product that will hold back an user to buy us through bribery and rake-off..



In addition yellow Ren Xun still points out, there is the trend in a kind of growth in chip domain, the graphical processor the best selling dog stairsthat becomes independent namely has become more and more complex and powerful, because this also is used at executing the groovy function of PC processor at present. And the replacement as the product, GPU is joining more CPU functions, the monopoly position that also goes up in relevant CPU market to Intel increasingly caused menace.



   Antitrust affects industrial catenary



"Ought to say, the compromise of Intel and AMD, facilitated of tycoon of on market sense two microprocessor together, probably this ability is to be formed truly ' American type ' the beginning of chip forestall. " a whole world precedes PC manufacturer is in China tall canal expresses 17 days to the reporter, the enterprise of high-grade CPU in making can be designed to do not have the 3rd truly on the world, reconcile of Intel and AMD in the round, the PC industry environment that will change bilateral all previous to be formed via place of 10 years of com most popular selling dog stairs petition necessarily.



This PC tall canal points out, short-term look, intel and AMD are the person be benefited of each takes what he needs; Long-term look, two enterprises can control the whole world to exceed the microprocessor market of 90% above together. This kind of situation forms if, power fill, connect Nvidia, ARM, high, SamSung these semiconductor chip industries are fainter and for, many PC manufacturer also will lose choice and the rig most popular selling dvd discovery ht that rich weichis, be global consumer final by what damage.



Should be in charge of high to this emphasize, because ATi has been bought by AMD, nvidia is become there is actual strength exclusively to challenge processor in visual chip domain at present two strong companies, the new emphasis that this FTC investigates the legal issue of Intel and Nvidia as antitrust is worth to expect. At the same time he thinks, authorities of prospective United States also must Intel and AMD reconcile, as " collective forestall " in joining investigation along with all the others; And Chinese antitrust mechanism also should examine this to reconcile trade, the market that protects Chinese semiconductor industry adequately is fair.



You Yunting of lawyer of attorney office intellectual property is collected to also hold same point of view in Shanghai at this point, although,he thinks theoretic reconcile the compensation that the risk that makes because forestall behavior is punished,Intel decreased, AMD won respect of accredit of cash and commitment of fair market action, technology, but catenary of industry of whole c dog crates large dogs omputer and even ultimate consumer are damaged possibly however accordingly by the interest.



The analysis points out You Yunting, look from commercial history, the fight of two dominant enterprise often can eliminate their collective competitor, value of product of final drive up and industry profit. The compromise that is in company of these two United States in the agreement, the outside cannot be learned whether to contain the content that harms tripartite interest, eliminate competition of other competitor, limitation and cartel agreement to wait for i dvd discovery nstance.



Once the fact is put in the interest agreement of these exclusiveness, the compromise of two companies will is opposite undoubtedly the competitive pattern of global semiconductor industry produces an effect, for instance of Taiwan power fill, the other processor manufacturer such as the Long Xin of the mainland and Nvidia, ARM, certainly will is squashed by stronger market.



And with respect to PC manufacturer character, originally the market competition of two companies makes systematic business OK obtain relatively cheap CPU to purchase the value, and the content that if the compromise of two companies was weakened,increased collective control market, very possible effect its are original designs for manufacturer of hook in PC competition is politic, make the cost of PC manufacturer is raised, profit by dilute, at the same time this kind increases final also will conduct consumer with the form of computer price. And in this a series of in chain, only two CPU produced business to acquire an interest, other each square interest all is damaged.

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