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2/12/08

Electronista: EU raids Intel's Europe offices, retailers

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EU raids Intel's Europe offices, retailers

European Commission officials announced today that they had launched unannounced raids on Intel and multiple major resellers of the company's systems. Both the semiconductor firm's Munich, Germany office as well as those of UK-based DSG International (which runs the Dixons and Currys chains) and Germany's Media Markt-Saturn were given the surprise visits this morning to collect information about possible antitrust violations committed by Intel and its partners. The raids have been acknowledged by Intel, which is "cooperating" with the Commission, according to spokesman Chuck Mulloy.

Intel has typically denied the claims and instead argued that the originator of the complaint, AMD itself, was using the European Commission to achieve retribution for Intel's control of the market in the area.

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