AMD vs. Intel. How will this effect the new Macs?

[reprobate]

AMD is sueing Intel for restraint of trade (or something legalese like that).

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=690


Prelude to a Lawsuit: The Japanese FTC Decision:

On March 8th 2005, the Japanese FTC (JFTC) issued its decision in an investigation begun in April, 2004. From that document:

IJKK since May 2002, has made the five major Japanese OEMs refrain from adopting competitors’ CPUs for all or most of the PC’s manufactured and sold by them…by making commitments to provide the five OEMs with rebates and / or certain funds referred to as MDF (Market Development Fund)…on the condition that

(a) the Japanese OEMs make MSS* at 100% and refrain from adopting competitors’ CPUs.

(b) the Japanese OEMs make MSS at 90%, and put the ratio of competitors’CPUs in the volume of CPUs to be incorporated into the PCs manufactured and sold by them down to 10%; or

(c) the Japanese OEMs refrain from adopting competitors’ CPUs to be incorporated into PCs in more than one series with comparatively large amount of production volume to others.

Based on the facts mentioned above, the ratio of the sales volume by AMD Japan and Transmeta USA among Total Domestic CPU Sales Volume decreased from approximately 24% in 2002 to approximately 11% in 2003.

By means of such conducts, IJKK has substantially restrained the competition in the market of CPUs sold to the Japanese OEMs…

(much more)

[alfredo]

1. I don't think it will make much difference. If it does,

Apple probably has a strategy to deal with any misfortune that may befall Intel.