Cuomo Files Federal Antitrust Suit Against Intel

For example, Intel is accused of paying I.B.M. $130 million to hold back on selling a server based on A.M.D.’s Opteron chip, while also threatening to curtail joint projects if I.B.M. marketed A.M.D.’s products. “The question is, can we afford to accept the wrath of Intel?” an I.B.M. executive wrote in a 2005 e-mail message, according to Mr. Cuomo’s office.

A similar e-mail message from an unnamed Hewlett-Packard executive talks about Intel planning to “punish” the company for selling products based on A.M.D.’s chips.