They paid it in 2009. Its just the appeal. Your article says this as well.
Nobody is going to keep AMD alive. They serve no purpose in that regard. There is plenty of competition from ARM alone if you absolutely need it as other companies.
And good luck with Zen.
You know, we haven't had cheaper CPUs the last 10 years after AMD became irrelevant. Consider that for a moment.
Remember the semiconductor industry, unlike most others, depends on vast amounts of cash flows to stay running. Competition as such is entirely pointless in this segment because its self regulating. No innovation or too high prices both leads to the bankrupt of the producing company. Welcome to dynamic demand.
they did not pay that fine. They paid a fine to AMD in the US. This was EU fining intel on their own. They still have not paid it to EU, they appealed it in 2014 and got denied and they still are appealing it lol..
The AMD vs Intel was settled for 1.25 billin in the U.S. EU had their own fine against intel later, which they refused to pay to EU until this day.