Intel Responds to the EU's Publishing of Evidence
Intel's CEO insists the EU overstepped the line by publishing yesterday's smoking gun email correspondence between the company and computer manufacturers.
The BBC today reports that Intel is looking forward to the day when it can stand before a court of law and appeal the European Union's ruling. Intel CEO Paul Otellini spoke to BBC News following his keynote address at IDF yesterday afternoon.
"I can't wait to get our side of the story out in the public" Otellini said. "I continue to believe and assert they (the European Commission) have got it wrong. We have appealed and we will win on appeal."
The EU yesterday posted the details of rebates Intel offered to manufacturers in exchange for not stocking AMD products or delaying and sometimes canceling AMD product launches. According to the Beeb, Otellini said yesterday, "EU prosecutors have consistently ignored information that would have painted an entirely different story about those memos."
"We are precluded from releasing our own documents, which I thought was a bit unfair," said Mr. Otellini. "In the Intel case I think they have certainly overstepped."
To read more about the emails published, check out yesterday's piece. To read Paul Otellini's comments to the BBC, click here.

Let's use our superior market holding with inferior products to force our competitors out of business! Remember the majority of this happened during the AMD K6/K9/Athlon vs Intel Pentium 2/3/4 days.
AMD had the superior products but just couldn't penetrate the market. Imagine if they were able to get their share of the market at the time. More than likely they'll have a better processor than the Core i7's. AMD just cannot compete because they do not have the money right now.
When they threaten to hurt companies "all lines of business" and threatened to lose their income because intel decides not to sell to them if they sell AMD, then that's a BIG problem.
Let's use our superior market holding with inferior products to force our competitors out of business! Remember the majority of this happened during the AMD K6/K9/Athlon vs Intel Pentium 2/3/4 days.
AMD had the superior products but just couldn't penetrate the market. Imagine if they were able to get their share of the market at the time. More than likely they'll have a better processor than the Core i7's. AMD just cannot compete because they do not have the money right now.
Apparently you dont visit this site that often and read the comments on the articles relating to this debacle..
for the people of europe who feel intel "cheated" them and EU is right to fine intel for better commercials and better products thats not right at all
If intel was selling snake oil i would do a 180 but show me where intel committed slander and lied.
No joke i own 4 amd systems at this very moment and have built 4 intel systems for my friends that are die hard intel fans but like mac users dont know how to mount a 775 or the newest build i did for a friend a 1366.
I am a huge AMD fan but if AMD cannot get the word out then someone needs to take their place, and the fines by the EU is not the right thing to do.
I wish AMD could get there name out, i used to work in computer retail and a year ago people would come in saying "what/who is AMD?" And now with intel commercials i could bet it is worse. I don't feel like the people who purchased intel systems should feel cheated because when they purchased it they thought it was worth the price paid.
We, the DIY consumers will never make a difference based on our purchasing option. We can go intel/amd as much as we want.
It will only matter if AMD will get a better market share by signing deals with the big players (HP, Dell etc).
If AMD would need to ramp-up production in order to satisfy demand, it would be doable (that's what investors are there for).
They could compete in the lower end of the market (think 100$ quad core cpu)!
When they threaten to hurt companies "all lines of business" and threatened to lose their income because intel decides not to sell to them if they sell AMD, then that's a BIG problem.
To those that assert what Intel did is the same as other rebates/discounts offered by other companies just demonstrates a lack of business acumen and fair trade practices as well as showing that they do not understand the basis of the EU lawsuit and resulting verdict. What Intel did was ILLEGAL and now they must pay for it. End of story!
I'm guessing you forgot the part where Intel offered the rebates to companies who stop using AMD products?
Corporations are just like sports teams, you should pick one, root for it unconditionally, and make excuses for it's "un-sportsman-like" behavior.
/intense sarcasm