Gigabyte apparently has agreed to apologize for comments made by the company about rival Asustek and its power-saving technology.

Tensions between the two companies flared up over “defamatory” comments and comparisons Gigabyte made in a internal document which challenged Asustek’s claims of using high-quality components in its motherboards, and the merits of Asustek’s EPU energy saving technology and its own DES equivalent.

In turn, Asustek has agreed to drop all proceedings related to the issue.