AMD: Our claims about Intel have been 'ratified'

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Dirk Meyer on Wednesday addressed the latest antitrust lawsuit filed against Intel, saying his company's claims about Intel's alleged illegal behavior have been "ratified" worldwide.

AMD CEO Dirk Meyer addresses analysts on Wednesday.

(Credit: AMD)

"We've said for a long time that our success in the marketplace was hampered by anticompetitive behavior on the part of our competitor [Intel]," Meyer said. "And I think it's clear over the last 12 months that we've seen our statements be ratified...by regulators around the world. We've seen action in the EU take place this year. And just last week we saw the action of New York State's attorney general office," he said.

Meyer made the comments at the AMD Financial Analyst Day, which was streamed live from company headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.

"As you know, we have a court date scheduled in March," Meyer said. "So, in summary, I'm looking forward to a future in which our ability to succeed as a business is really governed by the quality of our products and the quality of our customer relationships. And I can tell you that hasn't always been true. But in the future that will be increasingly true. So, access to customer demand is key. "

Intel declined to comment.

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed a federal lawsuit against Intel earlier this month accusing it of paying computer makers rebates to illegally maintain its monopoly power and preventing AMD from gaining business with PC makers.

In a similar case earlier this year, the European Commission fined Intel $1.45 billion, alleging illegal rebates to PC makers such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard. AMD also made analogous allegations in its case filed against Intel in June 2005 that is slated to come to trial in March 2010.

And this may not be the last major case filed against Intel that makes these allegations. The Federal Trade Commission may also bring charges against Intel, according to reports.

[zaabs]

the NY part might be because of the global foundries plant in Malta NY

[sharmajunior]

Well, it was the anticompetitive behavior that led them to make less money and in turn not be able to make that plant.

plus

Also NY is in need of money so by suing one company and having its competitor build in its place will make double the money instead of just letting AMD build is plant there.

[tektaktyks]

die intel,die!

[gerrrg]

I'm trying to visualize a world without Intel, and all I see is a PowerPC.

[gerrrg]

And $3,000 PCs.

[slickuser]

This idiot is going to see AMD being taken over by Arab companies completely.

[Vrmithrax]

Congrats! You win the "ignorant placement of completely irrelevant racist hatemongering comment" award of the day! Your commemorative plaque should be arriving shortly, but your actual prize will be received immediately after your demise.

[tektaktyks]

yea, sick-user you really smart, racist "coont".

[BACO6300]

Maybe if AMD would just make better products they would have to worry about others practices everybody would want their product but thats not the case.

[cloudmatt]

lulz @BACO
They did round 2001 through 2004 or 2005. Intel locked their processors out of 3 major PC makers with their noncompetitive actions. Hence when "little known" companies like DELL and Gateway offered no amd chips and HP offered nearly 5 models of intel to every 1 of amd. even though amd had beat Intel to market with on chip memory control 64 bit consumer chips with dual mode to allow x86 to instructions on chip virus protection and even though they had faster native clocks with higher leakage(is good for overclocking like a MoFo) at a third of the price of intel silicon.

you and your comment are invalid. I'm not gona fight you over who has the best silicon now, I agree intel has way more through put in the thread department. Intel went over the line and because of it stunted a company that was moving the tech forward to new and exciting era. This didn't just hurt amd this hurt your Intel based system(not intel themselves they raked in hundreds of billions of dollars), Without amd to apply pressure Intel slacked. Think about what your intel chip could do if they had to actually compete with quality for that 4 year stint mores law states your chip should have been better smaller more efficient and cheaper than it is thanks to good ole capitalistic greed.

[ooSubiraoo]

... AMD was making better products back during the time when most of this anti competitive behavior was happening. That was reason for it in the first place. Do some research before sounding out an empty opinion.

[Forsakenfx]

They also rushed on the Phantom's, provided HORRIBLE support when the flaw with it was found, and in some cases, weren't going to refund (I was one of those customers).

I won't say Intel isn't trying to monopolize, but AMD screwed themselves over with that, and lost many customers due to rushing with a product.

[Jamie_Foster]

When is AMD going to deliver the best performance per watt on Laptops. They will get my business as soon as they do that.

[cloudmatt]

keep your eye on their upcoming neo chips for lappys. I haven't seen much spec yet but they are suppose to sip watts.

[SilentDaeth]

I have used both AMD and Intel Chips for various different builds and the last thing that I was to see is either company fall out of business, that would be horrible for the consumer market. The same thing applies for nVidia and ATI (AMD). Competition is everything, without it we will see increasingly higher prices for less and less improvement. I mean, look at Madden games! Ever since they have been the single football game out there, the quality improvements have been minor at best. If it is all true, the intel should be punished, hopefully it will cause both companies to really have to fight for market share and we will see even more improvement and have it be at good costs.

[SilentDaeth]

*want to see

[Michichael]

Yeah... I tried AMD chips. They ran too hot and had crappy performance. But obviously it's anticompetitive behavior form the cooler and more effecient running intel chips, not the fact that they're BETTER. God our legal/political system is so broken. Used to be that if you made a product nobody wanted you went out of business. Now it's "If you make a product nobody wants and you're 'Too big to fail' you can sue or get a government bailout."

[warpsix]

If it wasn't for AMD I would hate to think what the price for a PC would be.

[KazikliBey]

The only thing that has been RATified is AMD. I've been comparing the two manufacturer's products for years, and although I was just slightly leaning towards Intel the real VERDICT is in. Bye AMD thanks for admitting your chips suck by comparison. From here on out I'm only buying and recommending Intel.