Intel and the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that they have agreed to the charges the agency's alleged anti-competitive conduct competition in the market for computer processing and graphics chips smothered to settle.
The settlement prohibits Intel from a paying customer to buy your computer, or to decline to just chips for other manufacturers. It also prohibits the redesign of its processors from Intel just to harm a competitor. Intel also agreed not to punish computer makers if they occur on non-Intel vendors.
In addition, the settlement of other chip makers Intel calls them the freedom to merge or form joint ventures without the threat of Intel sued for patent infringement. Intel is also necessary for at least six years, a feature that does not affect the performance of graphics processing chips made by others, maintain and publish on the PC assemblers could distinguish between its chips and other companies, and therefore can not capture all features non-Intel processors.
Trade Commission's action in December, alleges that Intel, the world's largest manufacturer of computer chip maker in at least ten years, illegally used its dominance to stifle competition and to strengthen their monopoly.
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