Intel AMD threatened to deny licenses to its microarchitecture.

Intel has threatened its main competitor AMD deprivation of the license for the x86 microarchitecture within 60 days, transmit Reuters. Intel disappointed that AMD has created a Globalfoundries production of chips, and believes that these actions violate the terms of the cross-licensing technologies, concluded in 2001.
AMD itself sent a commission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange statement, which asserts that does not violate the license agreement. The paper stresses that Intel does not have the right to terminate the license AMD. As Intel will try to resolve the dispute through negotiations.
The price of the new venture, formed in early March, at 4.3 billion dollars. Globalfoundries specializes in the manufacture of chips, and AMD - for their development. AMD Partner in Globalfoundries is an Arab company Advanced Technology Investment.
Intel is the largest manufacturer of processors for personal computers. AMD - the second largest producer. AMD has previously been initsiiatorom antitrust litigation against Intel in Europe, arguing that the latter abused its dominant position in the market.