Second, local time this week, European Commission officials raided Intel Corporation and several European computer manufacturer.
European Commission spokeswoman Linda said that the European Commission, the host of the Intel competition regulators in Europe over several PC vendors branches and a field search. She said the search is ongoing antitrust investigation first conducted within the framework. Linda was searched did not disclose the names of PC makers as well as the country where the office was searched.
Year for many years, the European Commission sent a letter to PC manufacturers in Europe, asked about Intel's business behavior. According to AMD's complaint in 2000, the European Commission launched a new round of the Intel investigation. The European Commission announced in 2002, AMD's complaint "unsubstantiated", but did not formally end the investigation.
Intel has also been a member of the Japan Fair Trade antitrust investigation. The Japan Fair Trade Commission in March asked Intel to stop undertaking restricting the use of AMD chips to provide PC makers marketing dollars for marketing behavior. Intel Japan to accept the Japanese Fair Trade Commission's recommendations.
At the end of last month, AMD sued Intel in the United States company, accused Intel of violating antitrust regulations in connection.