Digital says Intel has monopoly

Digital Equipment Corporation filed papers with the Federal Court in California alleging that Intel has used its "monopoly power" in PCmicroprocessors to harm Digital for selling a competing CPU. In May, Digital sued Intel for stealing trade

Paul Thurrott

July 23, 1997

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Digital Equipment Corporation filed papers with the Federal Court in California alleging that Intel has used its "monopoly power" in PCmicroprocessors to harm Digital for selling a competing CPU. In May, Digital sued Intel for stealing trade secrets and Intel responded by threatening to cut off Pentium chip supplies from the company.

The papers filed by Digital claim that Intel has an almost 90% marketsharein the domestic and global market for microprocessors and that it is usingits marketing power as a weapon to retain its share

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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