Reply #3: Intel could lose their monopoly on patents in processor technology.

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Since their manufacturing methodology appears to have reached its limit of capability, what better way to hold on to market share than to convince buyers that, even though the quality of their product will have to be compromised in order to produce a competitive product that uses newer technologies, buyers should stick with Intel.

As someone who programmed computers for over 20 years, including PC's, I am well aware of the difficulty in producing reliable software for stable processors. So Intel comes along and wants the public to accept processors from them that would add erratic behavior to the mix of buggy software.

Then there is the problem of computers used in embedded systems. From all the articles I have read, there is considerable reason to believe that the "surge" problem exhibited by several Toyota models is in reality a computer problem, not a floor mat or sticky throttle problem.

Intel trying to convince people to accept an extra degree of erratic behavior in computer systems, when it is difficult enough to maintain reliability with current technology, is totally irresponsible.

By the way, the ogre in the computer field is not Intel, it is Microsoft.