[电脑] AMD的求生之道！！！

AMD 与 Intel 达成反托拉斯以及知识产权和解，Intel 向 AMD 支付 12.5 亿美元


NEW YORK (AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying $1.25 billion to Advanced MicroDevices Inc., its largest rival in the market for computer processors,to settle all antitrust and patent suits, the companies said Thursday.

Intel said it has agreed to abide by a set of "business practiceprovisions." In return, AMD is dropping suits in the U.S. and Japan,and withdrawing complaints to antitrust regulators worldwide.

AMD shares soared $1.19, or 22 percent, to $6.51 in morning trading. Intel shares fell 6 cents to $19.78.

AMD has been complaining to regulators for five years that Intel has broken antitrust laws to limit AMD's market share.

InMay, the European Union fined Intel a record $1.45 billion, and lastyear, Korea's Fair Trade Commission fined Intel $18.6 million. Intel isappealing both rulings.

EU spokesman Jonathan Todd said theEuropean Commission "takes note" of Intel's settlement with AMD butthat it does not change Intel's duty to comply with European antitrustlaw.

In 2005, Japan's Fair Trade Commission found that Intelviolated antitrust rules there. Intel accepted that ruling withoutadmitting wrongdoing.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission also is investigating.

Intelhas previously defended its sales practices -- which include rebates tobig Intel customers -- as legitimate and good for customers because itcan lead to lower prices.

Intel said that the $1.25 billionsettlement means its spending in the current quarter will now be $4.2billion rather than the $2.9 billion it had previously forecast. Italso expects its tax rate to be 20 percent rather than 26 percent. Allother expectations are unchanged, Intel said.

Intel, based inSanta Clara, Calif., owns about 80 percent of the worldwidemicroprocessor market, while AMD in nearby Sunnyvale has most of therest.


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