AMD Takes CPU War To Japan

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 [SapiensBryan Blog - The Latest Tech Breaking News Blog.] AMD’s suit in the Tokyo High Court seeks USD$50 million in damages and stems from the Japan Fair Trade Commission’s findings in March that Intel violated the country’s antimonopoly act. AMD also sued Intel in the Tokyo District Court seeking “millions of dollars of damages for various anticompetitive acts in addition to what is covered”

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[TechSmec.com] AMD Takes Intel Fight to Japanese Courts: An additional suit filed at the Tokyo District Court level seeks to recover millions of dollars in damages for various anticompetitive acts in addition to what is covered in the scope of the JFTC Recommendation. These anticompetitive acts also had the effect of interfering with AMD Japan’s right to engage in normal business and marketing activities.

 [Anandtech.com] AnandTech News: AMD Files Claim for Damages Arising from ...: interfered with AMD Japan's business activities by providing large amounts of funds to five Japanese PC manufacturers (NEC, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi) on the condition that they refuse to purchase AMD processors. As a result of these illegal acts, AMD Japan suffered serious damages, losing all of its sales to Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi, while sales to NEC and Fujitsu also fell precipitously.

[News.3yen.com] News.3Yen.com - AMD’s Dual-core Athlons ’sell Out’ in Tokyo - News ...: AMD’s dual-core desktop processor, the Athlon 64 X2, finally went on sale as packaged product for end-users yesterday, though supply may be tight….[AMD dual-core Athlon] product may be pricey, but that didn’t stop shops selling all their stocks of the new AMD CPUs, local news sources claimed.

 [Elektrik-sheep.com] electric sheep - science / technology news and reviews: TOKYO, Japan -- June 30, 2005 --AMD Japan (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, David M. Uze, President and Representative Director) today filed two claims against Intel Corporation's Japanese subsidiary, Intel K.K., in the Tokyo High Court and the Tokyo District Court for damages arising from violations of Japan's .

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Posted at July 02, 2005 09:25 AM