Last week, the giant chip maker ''Intel'', announced it would pay $1.25 billion to settle with AMD after years of legal battle and few days before Court Case

We all know our computers are run on Chips.  Few firms make chips.  Of them ''Intel'' is the giant.  It controls almost 80% of the market.

Like ''Windows''  controling 90% of the OS market.

Next to Intel comes the ''AMD''.   Advanced Micro Devices.   

AMD, founded 40 years ago.  It rose to prominence as a maker of Intel-compatible chips.

But it could NOt produce better products than Intel.   Both chip makers engaged in devastating price wars.

That naturally made them engage in legal  'wars' too.

A court case was scheduled to commence next week.

However,  last week,  the giant chip maker ''Intel'',  announced it would pay $1.25 billion to settle with AMD.

Intel is facing antitrust challenges around the world. 

Sometime back,  last year,  'Windows' owner Microsoft paid some 4 billion dollars as fine imposed by European Union for illegal market practises.

The settlement does not end Intel’s antitrust problems. 

Governments in Europe, the United States and Asia have accused ''Intel'' of rewarding computer makers to use its chips instead of those made by A.M.D.

The settlement of last week covers mainly AMD’s claims that Intel rewarded computer makers that used only ''Intel'' chips.

And punished those that used AMD chips. 

“We have never wavered in our position that Intel did nothing outside the law,” said Intel’s chief executive, Paul S. Otellini. “It made sense to step back and find a way to settle this.”

Intel contends that it never engaged in tactics to exclude A.M.D. from the marketplace but agreed in the settlement not to do so in the future.

AMD chips are being used by Professor Negroponte's project of 'One-Computer-Per-Child' to enhance education in poor countries.

Originally Intel agreed to supply the microprocessor chips for professor's magnanimous project.

But professor chased Intel out for business malpractices, and engaged AMD.

Windows and Intel are of the same variety.  Avarice and Greed consumes them both.

Why not we use an 'Open Source' OS in the market: ''Ubuntu'' instead of 'Windows' and opt for computers with AMD chips ?   

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