AMD Subpoenas Skype

I_am_Rambi writes "AMD has issued a subpoena to Skype in the battle of the anti-trust case against Intel. From the article: 'AMD is now focusing on a feature in Skype 2.0 that enables the ability to make 10-person conference calls only with Intel dual-core processors. Users with AMD dual-core chips or single-core chips are restricted to hosting five-person conference calls because only Intel's chips offer the performance necessary to host the 10-way call, according to Skype. [...] Skype's software is using a function called "GetCPUID" to permit 10-way conference calls only when that function detects an Intel dual-core processor on start-up.'"

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Do we have evidence that Intel coerced...

[mrhandstand]

Skype into this relationship? Why is this not a perfectly acceptable competitive advantage offered to a partner?

Not trolling...whats the skinny on this issue?

Re:Do we have evidence that Intel coerced...

[Azarael]

IANAL, but I would guess that that is one of the things that AMD is looking to find out with their Subpoena. I think either Intel or Skype would be hard pressed to provide a valid reason why the limit is put in place. Imagine if the publisher a game certified by nVidia decided to limit the maximum resolution possible on ATI cards.

iChat can do 10-way audio using a G3

[cuijian]

If Skype really needs extra horsepower for a 10-way audio conference it is impressively lame.

I understand the real time encoding and decoding required for multiperson video is processor intensive but audio streams should be pretty light weight. iChat AV can support 10-way audio conferencing using the now ancient G3 processor. http://www.apple.com/ichat/