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Federal Court Orders Intel Corporation and Third Parties to Produce Foreign Discovery in AMD vs. Intel U.S. Antitrust Suit



    AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced a significant legal victory in its
    ongoing antitrust suit against Intel Corporation. In an order
    effective yesterday, the Federal District Court in Delaware overruled
    Intel's objections and ordered it to produce documents and other
    evidence bearing upon Intel's exclusionary conduct outside of U.S.
    borders.

    AMD believes that the production of this foreign discovery will
    contain evidence of anticompetitive business practices that show clear
    violations of not only the Sherman Antitrust Act but also generally
    accepted anti-monopoly laws worldwide.

    "Intel's acquiescence to the Special Master's findings is a big
    win for AMD," said Thomas M. McCoy, AMD executive vice president,
    legal affairs and chief administrative officer. "This case remains
    firmly focused on the worldwide misbehavior of a global monopolist.
    This ruling also removes any basis for Intel or its foreign customers
    to withhold evidence of Intel's exclusion, regardless of where it
    occurred. We will proceed vigorously to prove that Intel abuses its
    global monopoly power by limiting or excluding competition, which
    ultimately hurts consumers worldwide."

    Yesterday's order resulted from Intel's decision to accept Special
    Master Vincent Poppiti's findings of December 15th, which recommended
    to presiding Judge Joseph Farnan that "as the undisputed geographic
    market is global, and approximately 68% of the total worldwide
    production of computers powered by x86 microprocessors are sold to
    non-U.S. customers, evidence of foreign exclusionary conduct is
    essential for AMD to demonstrate" that Intel has violated U.S.
    antitrust laws. Judge Farnan appointed Special Master Poppiti to
    preside over all discovery disputes in the case.

    Special Master Poppiti's December 15 recommendation that Intel be
    ordered to produce foreign discovery is available for download at
    http://www.amd.com/breakfree.

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