Back in May 2009, the European Union slammed chipmaker Intel with a mammoth €1.06 billion fine (about $1.45 billion USD) for abusing its dominant position in the European processor market to shut out rivals like AMD. The EU claimed that Intel paid computer makers to delay or cancel systems built around competing CPU platforms, and issued illegal rebates to manufacturers who used Intel systems. Intel has consistently denied the claims and is appealing to the European Court of First Instance, but the fine stands as the largest antitrust penalty ever assessed by the European Commission—and now regulators have issued a provisional, non-confidential summary of their case against Intel ( PDF, 1.9 MB), citing email and other material detailing Intel's arrangements with other companies.