Like ElliotH mentioned, having a monopoly is not illegal. What is illegal is using your market power to drive out competitors and crush upstarts. If Intel is guilty of this[1], then they will face anti-trust hearings. If they're not, having a monopoly on x86 processors will not be enough for them to be punished.
On this one, it seems to be AMD causing their own downfall by poor management decisions leading to bad engineering practices. There's a lot of talent over there that is going to waste.
[1] I believe AMD successfully sued them for this in the past, but that seems to be over and settled.
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Like ElliotH mentioned, having a monopoly is not illegal. What is illegal is using your market power to drive out competitors and crush upstarts. If Intel is guilty of this[1], then they will face anti-trust hearings. If they're not, having a monopoly on x86 processors will not be enough for them to be punished.
On this one, it seems to be AMD causing their own downfall by poor management decisions leading to bad engineering practices. There's a lot of talent over there that is going to waste.
[1] I believe AMD successfully sued them for this in the past, but that seems to be over and settled.