BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp.(INTC.O:
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"DG Competition officials, accompanied by officials from national competition authorities are conducting inspections of several premises of Intel Corp. in Europe as well as a number of IT firms manufacturing or selling computers," spokesman Jonathan Todd said.
"The investigations are being carried out within the framework of an ongoing competition case," he added.
In March the Commission said it was investigating Intel in cooperation with the Japanese authorities.
