Intel and AMD for peak next month will draw the court trial schedule

EST on March 29th (Beijing time March 30th) news: Intel company and AMD company will participate in the work of a case management will next month to the court, the two sides will work together to develop the antitrust litigation and court trial schedule.

AMD sued Intel antitrust case will be held in April 20th in the United States District Court case management work. The management of the case will be presided over by the judge in charge of the trial Joseph Farnan.

Case management is not as serious as the court trial. On the contrary, the two sides will exchange some information about the kinds of evidence submitted in their respective plans, how long the case will last and other matters related to the case. Intel and AMD will present their views and opinions on the agenda of the meeting on 7 April.

For judge Farnan, the case management will not be a big deal. But the two sides will be submitted to a lot of evidence and put forward many motion.

AMD claims that Intel has violated antitrust laws in terms of product marketing and pricing policies, and in fact has excluded AMD from a large computer market. AMD says many computer makers are no longer buying AMD's chip products, as Intel has taken many financial incentives, product discounts and subtle threats to computer makers.

Intel has denied the allegations from AMD, which claims that AMD is in fact a result of its own strategic mistakes that led to a decline in market share. Intel further claims that AMD's comments on Intel's pricing and marketing strategies are wrong.

The industry so far the CNET news contacted all the former and current executives have said, in general, they are work for each master, for their own interests and attack.

AMD's case also led to a number of shareholder cases. Most of the cases have been in the trial of judge Farnan. At the same time, the EU and South Korean government are also investigating the behavior of Intel. Japan's Fair Trade Commission said in 2005 that Intel violated antitrust laws in japan. Intel has denied the allegations of Japan's Fair Trade Commission, but agreed to change its previous product discount policy. Intel has not been fined.