Editing Intel (section)

===Major competitors===
Intel's competitors in PC chipsets included [[AMD]], [[VIA Technologies]], [[Silicon Integrated Systems]], and [[Nvidia]]. Intel's competitors in networking include [[NXP Semiconductors]], [[Infineon]],{{update inline|infineon sold networking division to intel|date=February 2021}} [[Broadcom Limited]], [[Marvell Technology Group]] and [[Applied Micro Circuits Corporation]], and competitors in flash memory included [[Spansion]], Samsung Electronics, [[Qimonda]], Kioxia, STMicroelectronics, [[Micron Technology|Micron]], [[SK Hynix]], and [[IBM]].

The only major competitor in the [[x86]] processor market is AMD, with which Intel has had full cross-licensing agreements since 1976: each partner can use the other's patented technological innovations without charge after a certain time.<ref name="Intel-AMD deal 2001">{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Fried |title=Intel, AMD sign new licensing deal |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-amd-sign-new-licensing-deal/ |publisher=[[CNet]] |access-date=July 28, 2007 |date=April 4, 2001 |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234756/http://www.cnet.com/news/intel-amd-sign-new-licensing-deal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the cross-licensing agreement is canceled in the event of an AMD bankruptcy or takeover.<ref name="Patent Cross License Agreement">{{cite news|title=Patent Cross License Agreement – Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. |publisher=Findlaws, Inc |url=http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/agreements/amd/intel.license.2001.01.01.html |access-date=September 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621084244/http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/agreements/amd/intel.license.2001.01.01.html |archive-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref>

Some smaller competitors, such as VIA Technologies, produce [[low-power electronics|low-power]] x86 processors for small factor computers and portable equipment. However, the advent of such mobile computing devices, in particular, [[smartphone]]s, has led to [[Post-PC era|a decline in PC sales]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lohr|first=Steve|title=Intel's Profit Falls 25% With Decline in Chip Sales|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/technology/intel-profits-fall-as-pc-slump-cuts-demand-for-chips.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/technology/intel-profits-fall-as-pc-slump-cuts-demand-for-chips.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 17, 2013|date=April 16, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Since over 95% of the world's smartphones currently use processors cores designed by [[Arm Holdings|Arm]], using the [[ARM architecture family|Arm instruction set]], Arm has become a major competitor for Intel's processor market. Arm is also planning to make attempts at setting foot into the PC and server market, with [[Ampere Computing|Ampere]] and [[IBM]] each individually designing CPUs for servers and [[supercomputer]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Morgan|first=Timothy|title=Why Are We Still Waiting For ARM Servers?|url=http://www.nextplatform.com/2015/10/06/why-are-we-still-waiting-for-arm-servers/|date=October 6, 2015|access-date=April 13, 2016|archive-date=April 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405040902/http://www.nextplatform.com/2015/10/06/why-are-we-still-waiting-for-arm-servers/|url-status=live}}</ref> The only other major competitor in processor instruction sets is [[RISC-V]], which is an [[Open-source software|open source]] CPU instruction set. The major Chinese phone and telecommunications manufacturer [[Huawei]] has released chips based on the RISC-V instruction set due to [[United States sanctions against China|US sanctions against China]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nellis |first1=Stephen |last2=Cherney |first2=Max |title=RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-china-tech-war-risc-v-chip-technology-emerges-new-battleground-2023-10-06/ |access-date=December 17, 2023 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=October 7, 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207190706/https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-china-tech-war-risc-v-chip-technology-emerges-new-battleground-2023-10-06/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Intel has been involved in several disputes regarding the violation of [[competition law|antitrust laws]], which are noted below.