> How can OEM's still ignore AMD Intel has been mired in an antitrust action in Europe for a decade now, based on charges that they have engaged in > two type

> How can OEM's still ignore AMD Intel has been mired in an antitrust action in Europe for a decade now, based on charges that they have engaged in > two types of conduct by Intel vis-à-vis its trading partners, namely conditional rebates and so-called ‘naked restrictions’, intended to exclude a competitor, AMD, from the market for x86 CPUs. The first type of conduct consisted in the grant of rebates to four OEMs, namely Dell, Lenovo, HP and NEC, which were conditioned on these OEMs purchasing all or almost all of their x86 CPUs from Intel. The second type of conduct consisted in making payments to OEMs so that they would delay, cancel or restrict the marketing of certain products equipped with AMD CPUs. (quoted from http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=194082&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first%26%238706%3B=1&cid=640459 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&doc...) This resulted in the levying of a €1bn fine against Intel in 2009, which was sent back to a lower court for review by the Court of Justice of the European Union in 2017. (Not on the grounds that Intel didn't do these things, but that the actions by themselves didn't automatically break the law until someone could demonstrate they actually had anticompetitive effects.)