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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (252020)	5/19/2008 4:10:47 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

"I for one welcome such an argument, since AMD is essentially admitting that they have a worse cost structure than Intel." Not necessarily. What they are trying to do is to shift any focus on their own cost structure onto Intel's. Assuming the judge accepts it, it could limit Intel's ability to ask for extensive documentation on AMD's operations. Because it isn't relevant. However, Intel's internal operations are relevant.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (252020)	5/19/2008 4:23:39 PM
From: jay101	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

<< Intel can then argue that AMD's woes are mainly self-inflicted....> They already have in very blunt, scathing language: <<<..... "Intel also stated that "AMD's case appears based on the logical fallacy that despite AMD's strong success in the market segments in which its products offered advantages, it should have been even more successful, and thus Intel must have competed unfairly." ...... ".....Intel continued. "AMD...has often floundered, introducing products that often failed to live up to expectations, even after embarrassing delays. And while AMD seeks to portray itself as the innovator in the microprocessor industry, its brief period of a computing performance advantage with the Opteron microprocessor cannot mask AMD's historical and current position as a laggard in computing performance......">> FULL ARTICLE: May 18, 2008 12:50 PM PDT AMD court papers allege special Intel deals with PC makers cnet.com