Intel And Nvidia Sue Each Other

[josiahsuarez]

I don't think anti-trust laws affect Intel if they have no competitors left, and I don't think they exist to ensure that competitors exist.

I believe anti-trust laws mainly exist to ensure a fair business environment for companies to compete in.

the antitrust issues Intel has faced have to do with them abusing their dominant market position to stifle competition, specifically competition from AMD. if AMD goes out of business, that alone would make a compelling argument for the prosecution. Intel would be working against their own interest if they are planning to run AMD out of business, while the US and EU governments are breathing down their necks and court dates are looming. the lawsuit Intel recently filed against AMD is just an attempt to get some leverage over AMD because these cases are going to trial soon. Intel has alot of expensive lawyers that would find some sort of bone to pick with AMD for this purpose, if not over GFC then something else. there's alot of BS corporate politics involved here.

[Rollo]

the antitrust issues Intel has faced have to do with them abusing their dominant market position to stifle competition, specifically competition from AMD. if AMD goes out of business, that alone would make a compelling argument for the prosecution. Intel would be working against their own interest if they are planning to run AMD out of business, while the US and EU governments are breathing down their necks and court dates are looming. the lawsuit Intel recently filed against AMD is just an attempt to get some leverage over AMD because these cases are going to trial soon. Intel has alot of expensive lawyers that would find some sort of bone to pick with AMD for this purpose, if not over GFC then something else. there's alot of BS corporate politics involved here.

Not really.

AMD going out of business could be due to lowered marketshare due to stigma of disastrous Phenom launch, bad financial planning of borrowing billions to buy ATi then watching them have one profitable quarter in the next ten, diminished sales/cost per unit from world recession, etc.. Businesses go under for a lot of reasons other than unfair competition, and AMD would be among the ones that could easily enough.

The goal of all businesses is to compete at a level your competitors cannot and take over the market for yourself. No politics there, only responsibility is to make profit for owners so their investment wouldn't be better made elsewhere.