In order to determine whether Intel has established its monopoly in the microprocessor industry and had subsequently used its dominant position to exercise power over the market, it is necessary to analyze the factors that contributed to Intel’s increased market share in the first place. Intel’s Annual Report published in 2007 reveals that it is one of the leading microprocessor manufacturing companies in terms of revenue generation. It was established in 1968, which has the company ample to time establish itself in the market as one of the pioneers of x86 microprocessor technology used in most computer systems around the world. Only AMD has proved to being its major competitor with only a negligible presence of other competitors. The lack of a sufficient number of competitors results in monopolization by a single, dominant entity which undermines the economic viability of services and goods. According to a definition (Blinder, William, Colton 212), it results in a lack of alternative products as market control is gained by a single supplier.
Intel was able to exercise its power over buyers and competitors due to its strong financial position and years of experience in the industry. The same factors accounted as barriers to entry for other competitors who could not hope to achieve the same level of technical expertise to manufacture microprocessors at the competitive prices offered by Intel. Moreover, the company developed software programs that resulted in the degraded performance of AMD microprocessors which eventually led customers to believe that AMD lacked in quality. The number of lawsuits filed against Intel for its violation of antitrust laws (Summary U.S. antitrust complaint against Intel) and its constant effort to reward companies in the form of rebate payments for choosing Intel as the exclusive supplier indicate that it tried to establish firm hold in the market by driving out other competitors like AMD. All these actions were carried out in deliberation.
为了确定是否英特尔的微处理器行业建立了垄断，后来用它的主导地位对市场权力的行使，有必要分析，促成了英特尔的放在第一位的市场份额增加的因素。英特尔的年度报告发表在2007表明，它是一个领先的微处理器制造公司的创收。它成立于1968，有公司充足的时间建立自己的市场之一，在世界各地的大多数计算机系统的x86微处理器技术的先驱。只有AMD已被证明是它的主要竞争对手只有微不足道的存在的其他竞争对手。由一个单一的垄断竞争对手的结果缺乏足够数量的，占主导地位的实体，削弱了商品和服务的经济可行性。根据定义（布兰德，威廉，科尔顿212），结果在一个缺乏替代产品市场的控制是由一个单一的供应商获得。
英特尔能够在买卖由于其强大的财务实力和多年的行业经验的对手行使它的权力。同样的因素占其他竞争对手不希望达到的技术水平在同英特尔提供的具有竞争力的价格生产制造微处理器进入壁垒。此外，该公司开发的软件程序，导致性能下降，最终导致AMD微处理器的客户相信AMD缺乏质量。它的控告英特尔违反反托拉斯法诉讼数量（总结美国针对英特尔的反垄断诉讼）和其不断努力，在选择英特尔作为独家供应商的回扣形式支付报酬的公司表明，它试图通过推动了其他竞争对手AMD公司在市场的建立。所有这些行动都是在审议了。
