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Article: Here we go again: AMD sues Intel.(Industry NEWS)
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- Circuits Assembly
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- August 1, 2005
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Sunnyvale, CA -- The battle of the chip titans is on. Again. Advanced Micro Devices (amd.com) on June 27 filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging Intel forces customers into deals that excludes them from buying AMD's components.
In the suit, AMD alleges Intel (intel.com) has given cash and other incentives to companies such as Dell, Sony, Toshiba, Gateway and Hitachi--38 companies in all--in exchange for exclusive deals.
Intel's market share of x86 microprocessors is about 80% of worldwide sales by unit volume and 90% by revenue.
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AMD's suit also alleges Intel paid Sony millions of dollars for an exclusive deal on ...