U.S. ends probe of chip firms’ pricing
From Times Wire Services
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp., the manufacturers of chips that make computer games more realistic, said the Justice Department had closed its probe into their graphics-processor pricing and marketing practices.
The Justice Department began investigating Nvidia and AMD’s ATI Technologies Inc. unit in 2006 as part of a price-fixing probe of the industry.
The decision allows AMD and Nvidia to keep challenging Intel Corp. without the risk of monetary penalties or restrictions to their marketing practices.
