The European Commission imposed a reduced fine of 376 million euros on chip maker Intel, accusing it of abusing its control over the computer chip market.
Earlier, another European court invalidated a larger fine imposed on the American company.
The EU antitrust body said Intel had taken restrictive competition measures aimed at restricting and excluding competitors from the microchip market.
The European Commission announced that it will punish Intel again due to its monopoly on x86 CPUs.
It is worth noting that in 2009 the European Union imposed a fine of over one billion euros on Intel, which was later overturned by the European Court of Justice because the European Commission did not provide sufficient evidence to support the allegations against Intel.
The commission said at the time that Intel was offering discounts to its corporate customers, who were more reliant on its own chips than competitors such as AMD.
The commission said Intel paid its customers to restrict, delay or cancel products containing chips from competing companies.
The European Union has imposed large fines on technology companies in recent years, but they can appeal to the European Court of Justice to uphold or overturn those fines, including a fine of more than 8 billion euros against Google, which it also accuses of “a.” .. Consequences.” “Monopoly policy.” “Behavior” and violation of competition rules. “For this reason he disappeared from the corridors of the stadium.