Intel Corp (INTC)

[fastpathguru]

When an OEM comes to Intel asking for a price reduction in response to a competitive bid, it's absolutely legal for Intel to reduce the price to compete, as long as that price doesn't fall below cost.

Tell it to chipguy, who asserts the payments were marketing subsidies.

Tell it to Elmer, who ignores the implications of Chuck Mulloy's explanation of MCP: I.e. it took Intel six billion dollars to make Intel's chicken mcnuggets look more attractive than AMD's.

Intel can also refuse to lower the price, and the OEM can choose to buy from Intel's competitor. If the competitor's product is lower performance or less efficient, that goes along with that choice.

I guess Intel didn't have that option.

fpg