歌词
The world’s largest maker of microchips, Intel,
世界上最大的芯片生产厂商英特尔
is to pay its main rival, AMD,
将要向其最大的竞争对手——AMD支付
one and a quarter billion dollars
12.5亿美元 【下一行“trust”在本文中不是信托】
to settle a long running anti-trust and patent dispute.
以平息长期以来的反垄断和专利纠纷
In return, AMD will drop all its lawsuits against Intel.
作为回应，AMD将会放弃其针对英特尔的所有诉讼
Mark Gregory reports.
——来自Mark Gregory 的报道
By reaching a settlement now,
通过现今达成协议，
the two sides avoid uncertainty over the outcome of
双方避免了诉讼结果的不确定性
the trial and millions of dollars of legal costs.
以及上亿美元的诉讼费用
The deal is a particular relief to AMD’s investors.
这一交易对AMD的投资者们来说实在是一种解脱
The company’s finance is being strained by
由于面对英特尔的不公平竞争，
the unequal battle with Intel.
AMD的财务状况一直是捉襟见肘
AMD shares rose nearly a third
受此交易消息的影响，
in value on news of the deal,
AMD的股价上涨了将近三分之一
but there are also advantages for Intel
但对于面临多项针对其商业行为的调查，
which’s facing multiple investigations
以及来自美国、欧洲和亚洲的
into its business practices
监管者们的一系列诉讼
along with several lawsuits by regulators
的英特尔来说，
in the US, Europe and Asia.
其实还是存在有利条件的
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