Advanced Micro Devices Serves Skype with Subpoena in Antitrust Case

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Advanced Micro Devices Serves Skype with Subpoena in Antitrust Case

03-02-2006, 08:23 AM,

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Advanced Micro Devices Serves Skype with Subpoena in Antitrust Case

Quote:As part of its ongoing antitrust case against Intel, Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday served Skype with a subpoena demanding documents related to its deal to make one feature in Skype 2.0 available exclusively to Intel users.

AMD is now focusing on a feature in Skype 2.0 that enables the ability to make 10-person conference calls only with Intel dual-core processors. Users with AMD dual-core chips or single-core chips are restricted to hosting five-person conference calls because only Intel's chips offer the performance necessary to host the 10-way call, according to Skype.

AMD disagrees. It believes Intel has provided Skype with incentives to limit the feature to Intel's chips...

full article: http://news.com.com/AMDs+lawyers+call+on...44365.html

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