NVidia, AMD Subpoenaed In Antitrust Investigation

mustardayonnaise writes "CNN Money is reporting that graphics chipmakers Nvidia and AMD (who recently acquired NVidia rival ATI) said Friday that they received subpoenas from the US Department of Justice as part of a probe into potential antitrust violations involving graphics processing units and cards. Each company controls about 25% of the entire graphics chip market. According to the article, Intel, who makes their own fair share of graphics chipsets, has yet to be included in the investigation."

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Linux whining ahead

[From A Far Away Land]

Antitrust? No kidding. ATI doesn't make Linux drivers that work, and won't release the source code last I checked. They're pretty much the reason I couldn't move to Linux earlier, or I'd lose most of the function of my TV graphics card. But I guess the free market lets them lock up their niche since the competitors aren't that much better. Why can't they share the love with OSes other than Windows? It just doesn't make sense to limit your market unless you're being paid off.

Maybe I shouldn't attribute to malice, what can be explained by ignorance though?