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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/technology/companies/13chip.html?_r=3

Ending the computer industry’s most bitter legal war, the chipmaker Intel agreed on Thursday to pay a rival Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion to settle all antitrust and patent disputes.

The settlement will resolve a private antitrust case pending in Federal District Court in Delaware and two in Japan. In addition, A.M.D. will withdraw all regulatory complaints worldwide. A.M.D. has been the driving force behind charges that Intel used marketing payments and other strong-arm tactics to pressure PC and server makers to use Intel microprocessors instead of those made by A.M.D.

As part of the deal, Intel agreed to abide by a set of undisclosed new business practices. The two companies will also cross-license each other’s patents for five years. An Intel spokesman said the companies will release more details of the agreement shortly.

In a joint statement, the companies said, “While the relationship between the two companies has been difficult in the past, this agreement ends the legal disputes and enables the companies to focus all of our efforts on product innovation and development.”

The complaint filed in 2005 in Delaware accused Intel of bullying dozens of computer makers, retailers and distributors by threatening to retaliate against them if they did business with A.M.D. The complaint also accused Intel of using improper tactics, like discriminatory rebates and subsidies to win and keep customers. It was not immediately clear how Thursday’s settlement would effect pending antitrust complaints by regulators in Europe, Asia and the United States.

In May, the European Union hit Intel with a record $1.45 billion fine for antitrust violations, which the company is appealing. Last week, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, filed a wide-ranging antitrust suit against Intel. The Federal Trade Commission has also been mulling whether to open formal proceedings against the company.

Jonathan Todd, the spokesman for the European Union’s competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said Thursday that the settlement between the two companies would have no effect on Europe’s case.

“Intel has an ongoing obligation to comply with the commission’s antitrust decision and with E.U. competition law,” Mr. Todd said. “The commission continues to vigorously monitor Intel’s compliance with its obligations under the E.U. antitrust decision.”

Intel controls about 80 percent of the market for microprocessors, the key chips inside PCs and servers. Regulators have accused the company of systematically using large rebates and co-marketing arrangements to talk Dell and other computer makers into sticking with its products instead of those of A.M.D., a much smaller chip maker.

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簡單來說就是Intel打算付給AMD 12.5億美金
讓AMD不要再針對反托拉斯法和專利來打官司啦....

我要是AMD，至少要多一倍吧....
沒看到EU都判Intel要賠14.5億了....之前給Dell都是10億美金在算的....12.5億未免太小氣