A federal judge in Delaware has cancelled an antitrust case against Intel scheduled for February 14 and may agree to transfer the case to a New York state court.

Intel today made a motion to dismiss claims by the state of New York that it illegally controlled the US computer microchip market.

Chip maker Intel has pledged to ensure interoperability with competitors’ products in return for the European Commission's approval of its acquisition of antivirus software company McAfee. 

The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division says it has stopped six Silicon Valley companies agreeing not to try to hire each other's staff.

The US Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement agreement with microprocessor manufacturer Intel, stopping the company from carrying out a number of alleged anti-competitive practices the commission says had restricted competition in the market for central processing units.

The US Federal Trade Commission has denied microprocessor maker Intel's request that Commissioner Thomas Rosch recuse himself from an investigation of the company because of his previous involvement with Intel during his time in private practice.

The European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, has criticised the European Commission for “maladministration” of its case against computer chipmaker Intel.

US chipmaker Intel has settled its long-running antitrust fight with rival Advanced Micro Devices by agreeing to pay the smaller company more than US$1 billion.

New York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, has filed an antitrust suit against chipmaker Intel, accusing it of “a worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct” designed to maintain its monopoly power in the microprocessor market.