What happens if Intel wipes out AMD?

[Kougar]

I probably don't know as much about the specifics of the processor manufacturers, but I'd think (and I could well be dead wrong) that it would be in Intel's best interests to "allow" competitors in their market, and not just tiny fish in their big pond either. If you look at the number of anti-trust, patent, and copyright lawsuits we've seen in the last ten years (yeah, yeah - mostly against microsoft) based on technology corporations pushing their competition out, it would make sense that Intel would not try to keep AMD completely away from their potential customer base. "The devil you know..." and such.

Anyhoo... that's worth a penny and half, if not a full two cents.

It's a valid point, it's just that Intel has never really seemed to care. The huge incentive price/packages offered to Dell and other OEMs to be Intel exclusive is one big thing. Currently AMD already has filed a suit against Intel for these monopolistic practices which is currently litigating.

[stopthekilling77]

i know lawsuits can go on for ages, but i'd actually be really interested in hearing what IS going on or what happened when it's all over. monopolies do happen and its always interesting to see what action is taken and what kind of repercussions come of litigation.