The Federal Trade Commission today sued Intel Corp
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/6983/
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:AMD
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/intel.shtm
Having succeeded in slowing adoption of competing CPU chips over the past decade until it could catch up to competitors like Advanced Micro Devices, Intel allegedly once again finds itself falling behind the competition – this time in the critical market for graphics processing units, commonly known as GPUs, as well as some other related markets. These products have lessened the need for CPUs, and therefore pose a threat to Intel’s monopoly power.
Intel has responded to this competitive challenge by embarking on a similar anticompetitive strategy, which aims to preserve its CPU monopoly by smothering potential competition from GPU chips such as those made by Nvidia, the FTC complaint charges. As part of this latest campaign, Intel misled and deceived potential competitors in order to protect its monopoly. The complaint alleges that there also is a dangerous probability that Intel’s unfair methods of competition could allow it to extend its monopoly into the GPU chip markets.
Now, its obvious the cpu is losing its place in the market, tho some people denied this too to the end. Intels in deep here, period, and could be split up, shattered like a glass ball hitting the cement, or another fine, this one not so friendly, with severe limitations placed upon them.
Now, since the FTC obviously sees things differently than the writer of alot of so called fair minded sites, as they dont include what the FTC is including/alledging etc, I find those lil rewrites of history pumping up Intel as very false, and since Intel will NEVER be able to anywheres near this ability again, the writers may as well get used to it now, and come down off their high horse they have for Intel.