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But that's not a bailout, it is compensation for harm that Intel had caused AMD by anti-competitive behaviors

• pclmulqdq 4y ago
  Settling for 1/10th those amounts years later (after the lawsuits look like they are going badly) would compensation for anticompetitive behavior. Settling early for the full price (or more) is a bailout.
  • Retric 4y ago
    Lawsuits aren’t limited to the exact damages, Intel settled early to reduce the risk of a massive loss in the future. It’s important to realize the lawsuit could easily have survived past the point where AMD failed as a company. Just as patents get sold off so too can potential damages from lawsuits.
    • pclmulqdq 4y ago
      They explicitly told people that they settled early (and generously) to avoid antitrust risk. Intel could have bankrupted AMD with the process. They chose to pay them a lot of money instead. Why? A bailout.
      • Retric 4y ago
        They said that due to good marketing rather than admit wrongdoing, but being a monopoly isn’t illegal. In fact they likely qualified as a monopoly at the time.