In May 2009, the European Commission determined that Intel had engaged in monopolistic market behavior by providing subsidies to Dell, HP, NEC, Lenovo, Acer and others to persuade these companies to purchase large quantities of its processor products, thereby squeezing the development space of its competitor AMD. The fine has been adjusted to 5 million euros (about 3.7636 million US dollars).
The reason why the European Commission adjusted the fine is that the European Court of Justice overturned the European Commission's ruling in early 2022, believing that the European Commission's view that Intel violated the market monopoly was incomplete and that it was unable to use current laws to prove that Intel's subsidies could form a market monopoly, thereby canceling the original European Commission's ruling.A fine of up to 10.6 euros.
However, the European Commission still believes that Intel's move has affected the choice of its partners to purchase processors, and therefore believes that Intel has violated market monopoly, but has adjusted the amount of the fine to 3.7636 million euros.
In a related announcement, the European Commission stated that Intel provided subsidies to HP between November 2002 and May 11, forcing HP to only offer AMD processors in its commercial models for small and medium-sized businesses, while all other consumer models were designed with Intel processors. The European Commission also alleged that Intel also provided subsidies to Acer, causing the company to delay the launch of its AMD-based computers, originally scheduled for September 2005, until January 5. The Commission also alleged that Intel also used the same method to force Lenovo to delay the launch of its AMD-based products.
At the same time, the European Commission also appealed against the European Court's rejection of the ruling project, but Intel seems to have not yet responded to this.
