Last November, NY attorney general Andrew Cuomo started the volley by instigating an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, the first against the company in a decade, according to the NY Times . The Obama administration followed suit . The actions allege that Intel pressured computer manufacturers to avoid competitors such as AMD, and also rigged its micropocessor to prevent Nvidia from providing chips to customers desiring superior graphics capabilities.
According to PC News, antitrust action has drawn "mixed reviews" because microprocessor prices have fallen sharply in recent years .
Interesting article on how difficult it is for start-ups to crack the x86 market of microprocessors here.
