AMD v. Intel -- this time in Germany

Advanced Micro Devices, which has already sued Intel in the US, and has pushed authorities to act against their rival in Japan, Korea, and the EU, has now sued in Germany.

The latest complaint was filed last week with Germany's Federal Cartel Office .... In it, AMD claims that Intel made deals with German retailers that violate the country's competition laws.

The complaint was prompted by a report in the German edition of the Financial Times claiming that the Media Markt retail electronics chain had agreed to only sell computers that used Intel's processors in return for a payment from the chipmaker.

"AMD had already received similar information, so we decided to file a formal complaint with the Federal Cartel Office," AMD spokeswoman Hollis Krym explained.