Last week, we covered the European Commission’s (EC) decision that Intel had abused its market power. One of the findings that lead to the $1.44 billion fine was Intel’s rebate system, which only awarded discounted prices to companies that committed to buying the overwhelming majority of their products from the CPU manufacturer. Intel, for its part, thinks the EC got it all wrong; the company has filed an appeal in the European Court of First Instance. While it’s already made arrangements to pay the fine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week, we covered the European Commission’s (EC) decision that Intel had abused its market power. One of the findings that lead to the $1.44 billion fine was Intel’s rebate system, which only awarded discounted prices to companies that committed to buying the overwhelming majority of their products from the CPU manufacturer. Intel, for its part, thinks the EC got it all wrong; the company has filed an appeal in the European Court of First Instance. While it’s already made arrangements to pay the fine Continue reading