Intel is going to European antitrustboete contest

Chipbakker Intel wants the recordboete of a billion euro, which the European Commission imposed after alleged distortion of competition, is rejected. According to the company were the cited evidence is not conclusive.

Intel is the recordboete challenge that european commissioner Neelie Kroes to the company on account of distortion of competition compared to AMD, reports Reuters. Intel gets start of June, four days time for his profession to explain to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. According to Intel should the penalty be dismissed because the evidence, which the European Commission was in 2009, were not sufficient to show that there is a distortion of competition took place.

The EC opined, after eight years of research, that Intel between 2002 and 2007 significant discounts provided to retailers and computer manufacturers that are not hardware from AMD sold. According to the Commission, was that the reason, for example, MediaMarkt no computers with AMD processors sold. The penalty that followed amounted to 1.06 billion. That is the largest fine the EC has ever spoken, but to the digit of the little nuances: the annual revenue of Intel in 2011 amounted to 54 billion euro.

European commissioner Neelie Kroes had in the lawsuit is not a black-on-white proof: none of the alleged agreements were laid down in a contract. EU ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros did not agree with the decision of the Commission. According to him, the European mededingingsautoreit please exculpatory evidence, a statement of the general director of Dell in 2006, is withheld.