A Comment on the Intel Fine

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Keith Hylton, Jun 30, 2009

On May 13th the European Commission levied a fine of $1.45 billion on Intel for violating its competition law rules by offering volume-based rebates to dealers and to computer manufacturers. The rebates were deemed to have excluded Intel’s rival, AMD, from the market for computer chips. Intel is also alleged to have pressured dealers and manufacturers to set limits on the quantity of AMD chips that