According to the Commission, competition and innovation have been undermined on the x86 CPU market. In particular, Intel allegedly gave secret loyalty or fidelity rebates to spur the sale of its x86 central processing units (CPUs). Moreover Intel, according to the EU Commission's findings, made direct payments to computer manufacturers on the condition that they halted or delayed the launch of products containing competitors’ x86 CPUs.
See also a working paper prepared by the AAI comparing the European Intel Case with the U.S. Microsoft Cases.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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EC, here . [NotebookLM's own DeepDive here , just for fun] In our Article 19 Report we discussed this and how it could eventually trans...
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In the US, here . I posed the question this morning and received an answer within 30 minutes. That was efficient, thank you!
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BBC, 1970 [same year as the Hesse legislation] here . We were on a very promising path, what happened since?
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T. Ribera, here.