But AMD had a potent counter to that argument. Intel's exclusive rebate system didn't just restrict AMD's market share, it restricted the markets AMD was able to sell parts into and the prices it could charge. A million free processors are a lot of chips -- but HP couldn't afford to lose Intel's rebates. Even if Intel adjusted its rebate policies to specifically account for AMD's total manufacturing capacity, it was still allegedly impacting AMD's revenue by mostly confining its CPUs (Opens in a new window) to the desktop market. In AMD's telling, Opteron took major market share in servers in spite of Intel's active opposition.