Intel Corp. (INTC) said Monday it had responded to the European Commission's antitrust charges accusing it of squeezing out rival computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) by illegal sales practices.

The company spokesman Robert Manetta said Intel had confirmed answering the charges in a filing to U.S. regulatory authorities earlier this month.

The chip giants response to the commission's charges comes some four months after an initial Oct. 17 deadline the company missed due to having contested the deadline at the European Court of First Instance.

The court ruled in late January that Intel had no legal grounds to delay the commission's probe.

-By Peppi Kiviniemi, Dow Jones Newswires; +32 (0)2 741 1483; peppi.kiviniemi@dowjones.com