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News Room Home: "Sunnyvale, Calif. -- August 2, 2007 --A new economic study issued today by Dr. Michael A. Williams, Director, ERS Group, found that Intel has extracted monopoly profits from microprocessor sales of more than $60 billion in the period 1996-2006. Dr. Williams’ analysis explains why pro-competitive justifications for Intel’s monopoly profits are implausible.

Williams also found that consumers and computer manufacturers could gain over $80 billion over the next decade if the microprocessor market were open to competition. The analysis noted that consumers would save at least $61 billion over the period, with computer manufacturers projected to save another $20 billion, enabling them to increase their investment in R&D; create improved products and greater product variety; and provide additional innovation benefits to computer buyers around the world.
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