Digital Equipment Corporation Antitrust Case

Date: July 23, 1997 • Location: Santa Clara, United States

Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.

Digital Equipment Corporation, using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957. Olsen was president until he was forced to resign in 1992, after the company had gone into precipitous decline.