Intel came back with a vengeance last time with Merom/Allendale/Conroe, 3 years after Athlon 64 was launched.
Zen 3 launched nearly 3 years ago now and took the crown. (Not that Intel were looking particularly pretty against Zen 2).
What are Intel even doing?
Intel already had the Core* architecture running alongside the Pentium. Intel simply needed to move from the Netburst branch to Core. Many top engineers had to resign and shareholders had to step in for the move to happen.
Marketing dept: Netburst 10Ghz!
Engineering: Terrible idea, also not possible. Short pipe Core design is the way forward.
/Advertising and Marketing now running Intel…
Marketing dept: Screaming, 10Ghz Netburst now!
Engineers: Jobs ****** chaps. Time to quit.
Shareholders: Hold on a minute, what is going on here…
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