15 Years ago the Intel Vs AMD war was at tipping point. Both companies were a lot more competitive with each other than they are today, with AMD giving Intel a fair few blows in performance benchmarks. Unfortunately, Intel allegedly “manipulated” some of its Pentium 4 benchmark scores in the early 2000s to make them look more competitive against AMDs hardware. Intel still denies those claims, but a new class action lawsuit says otherwise.
Intel may now have to pay you a whopping $15, representing a dollar a year since the event, compensation for having your Intel Pentium 4 hardware sold to you based on potential lies. Anyone who purchased a PC in the US between November 20th 2000 and June 30th 2002 are eligible. You don’t need to file a claim with a receipt, but if you’re due a cheque, I wouldn’t hold your breath as proceedings could still take a few months to process. Intel will also be donating $4,000,000 to education non-profits.
Eager to get your $15? File your claim here.
Thank you The Verge for providing us with this information.
Why only the Yanks? Were P4’s only ever sold in the USA? If they were then it’s news to me and my P4 must’ve been a rebranded AMD Athlon that even managed to fool programs like CPU-Z into thinking it was Intel… Look for another line of work David Copperfield, your tricks pale in comparison to Intels.
If the suit was filed in the USA, you can bet that international interests won’t be considered. It sucks but international customers always get the run.
15 bucks is not worth the trouble, had it been $150 or more there would’ve been one heck of an outcry.