Two weeks after AMD filed
its legal challenge at
Intel,
Fujitsu Siemens,
one of the companies cited in the action, has added AMD processors to its PC
range.
The new machines will be in the company's
Esprimo
professional PC range, which includes the small form factor Esprimo E5600
and the micro-tower Esprimo.
The computers are part of Fujitsu Siemens'
Green
PC range and had only been available with Intel processors and chipsets
prior to the legal announcement.
"We worked very closely with Fujitsu Siemens to bring a solution to market
that suits the specific needs of business users in enterprises," said Giuliano
Meroni, corporate vice president of microprocessor solutions at AMD.
"AMD's Cool'n'Quiet technology complements Fujitsu Siemens' efforts in
providing solutions that preserve natural resources by significantly reducing
the energy consumption of office PCs."
Fujitsu Siemens has never locked out AMD processors in the same way as
manufacturers like Dell are alleged to have done, but AMD
claimed
in its deposition that Intel had convinced Fujitsu Siemens to impose
restriction on AMD processors.
This allegedly included giving a special discounts on Celeron processors in
exchange for dropping AMD computers from its website, and not releasing
AMD-powered systems in different world markets.
Fujitsu Siemens said in a statement concerning the raids
on Intel's European offices: "It is company policy not to comment on legal
matters of the EU. Please talk to the EU in regard to the activities that they
are conducting."
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