In recent years, Intel has been the target of investigation for corruption in Europe, where he has been fined more than one billion euros in Japan and Korea. Today the United States that Intel is worried. The Attorney General of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has filed a complaint against Intel. This complaint has not been filed in New York, but in the state of Delaware, where Intel is based.

After two years of investigation, the prosecutor is satisfied that Intel had used bribery and coercion to ensure its monopoly. If the complaint virtually paraphrases that of Commission European, however, it appears as much more detailed. Intel has for example offered 2 billion worth of rebates to Dell in 2006 (year or AMD was at his best) from a total of 6 billion between 2002 and 2007.

Some years the discount is more than the profits of manufacturers of PC! Dell is not alone in this case, IBM and HP are also mentioned, and the first who said it was cooperating with the investigation. For part of its enforcement actions, Intel allegedly threatened and punished some computer manufacturers that would have worked too closely with AMD.

The threats were very broad, ranging from stopping off at the end of the linkages between the two companies (the computer industry is well known for connections that bind certain partners, some of its connections is sometimes vital for the member the lowest of these alliances). Worse, Intel had threatened to fund the event of a manufacturer that has not been as docile as the desired depth.

In one of the exhibits, an internal email to Dell, the following quotation will remain strong in the memories "Intel is prepared for jihad if AMD Dell joins the exodus" or "Intel is ready for Jihad (holy war) if Dell joins migration to AMD. " After a relationship with a high-ranking representative of Intel, the COO (Chief Operating Officer) of Dell, Kevin Rollins, had told his CEO (Chief Executive Officer), Chairman and founder Michael Dell Intel was ready to do anything ( "whatever it takes") to prevent Dell to buy AMD chips. The quarterly discount PC maker has suddenly dropped to the end of 2006, when Dell launched its first AMD server.

The internal mail of the companies paint a very bleak picture or they wonder if going against Intel would be a good thing for the long term. Recall that the core of these transactions at a time or AMD is in a strong position, with solutions also sees more efficient than Intel's. If these companies had actually made the decision to "move" to another camp, one can only imagine what would have been the consequences when one sees the evolution of AMD products after its period of glory.

Intel reacted the same way every time he has been involved in denying any wrongdoing block and indicating that consumers were not harmed by his actions. One can already imagine that part of the defense giant Santa Clara revolve around the personality of the lead plaintiff. The American judicial system is made so that the personality of prosecutors often comes into play in cases they handle, and Andrew Cuomo may face criticism due to its ambitions.

Former Minister of Bill Clinton, he is the son of a former governor of the state of New York and for many months, rumors about his participation in the forthcoming elections for the post, which will take place in one year. It was recently launched in large cases against some companies and is known to be at the heart of many controversies.

If you can not judge the guilt of Intel before the matter reaches the court, precedents in the area are quite damning ... To be continued (in the case to say)!