AMD Not Above Gloating Over Intel Legal Troubles
by John Paczkowski
Posted on November 12, 2009 at 4:30 AM PT
AMD has been carping about Intel’s alleged anticompetitive acts without satisfaction for so long, the company evidently feels entitled to a bit of gloating now that its rival has found itself in the legal cross hairs of the European Union and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, among others.
In remarks made during AMD Financial Analyst Day, CEO Dirk Meyer said that Intel’s (INTC) current legal woes “ratify” AMD’s (AMD) allegations.
“We’ve said for a long time that our success in the marketplace was hampered by anticompetitive behavior on the part of Intel,” Meyer said. “And over the last 12 months that we’ve seen our statements ratified by regulators around the world….I’m looking forward to a future in which our ability to succeed as a business is really determined by the quality of our products and customer relationships. And I can tell you that hasn’t always been true.”
