I don't think the gov is going to break up one of the biggest assets
to the country. Damn that would be a bad day on the markets. Intel
manufactures outside of the US and the brains behind the latest
processors are from Israel. The gov might want to be careful with
Intel. A fab in china on the way. There are plenty of countries that
would happily take their business. As long as Intel are making good
new technology the world will buy it. If America wants to be a part of
that it's their choice. America is one of the only countries that has
ditched the anti-trust case too I wonder why that is?

Last time I checked you can't sue a company because the competition
isn't good enough either. Intel don't want AMD completely dead, but if
AMD dies on their own I don't think Intel are liable. It's Hector Ruiz
the manufacturers shoul sue. He's turned a real Intel challenger into
a VIA clone.

You say under 20% market share. AMD can't make profit at this share
with current pricing strategy. Only way they will is if ASP's rise or
they invest in less R&D etc cut costs. Cutting costs will lead to less
new technology which means less performance / lower ASP's because
performance drives price. Or Intel will charge $400 for their cheapest
processor in which case AMD have a market. But that would be stupid
since people would start ditching Intel again. As long as Intel have
cheap processors AMD are going to need more performance before they
can turn profit.