According to recurrent rumors, the European commission might be on track to fine Intel for up to 4 billions USD for abuse of a dominant position and anti-trust violation for computer CPU over the past decades, mostly targeting AMD while this competitor was trying to enter the market. This figures was defined according to Intel's financial results, based on 10% of its income. This fine will set a new record, as Microsoft was only sentenced to pay around 680 millions USD. The decision is expected on Wednesday, and Intel might appeal, pushing the procedure further by couple of years, but last time this strategy did not pay for Microsoft.
[update] The European Commission released today its decision and fined Intel for abuse of a dominant position and anti-trust violation for computer CPU: 1.06 billion Euro. So, "only" 25% of the maximal theoretical financial decision that the EC could have requested. Intel already announced that the company will appeal.
