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03 Nov 2010
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended its anti-trust settlement with Intel to include new provisions for the forthcoming Oak Trail line of Atom processors.
Intel will be forced to ship Oak Trail processors which do not support the PCI Express standard until April 2013, allowing tablet and netbook makers to use the processors without signing up to PCI.
"After considering public comments, the FTC modified the proposed order to allow Intel to manufacture and sell a chip that it had in development before the proposed order was negotiated, but that would violate that order because it does not contain a required interface," said the FTC in a statement.
"The FTC modified the order to allow Intel to ship this product until June 2013. All future generations of this chip must fully comply with all specifications of the final Order."
After a series of intense negotiations, Intel reached a settlement with the FTC in August over anti-trust activity in the x86 processor market.
Intel agreed to pay $10m in fines and undertake a number of measures designed to open up its hardware.
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The FTC did not force Intel to exclude PCIe, it allowed Intel to exclude it. Additionally, there was no fine. The FTC does not have the power to levy fines. V3.co.uk response: The $10m goes into a fund for companies to retool around non-Intel platforms. Regarding PCIe, the original statement refers to the FTC decision as an order. (http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/11/intel.shtm).
Posted by: Elmer Phud 03 Nov 2010