Some people hold Intel in very high regard, i don't, they achieved one thing and one thing only, and that was only because IBM didn't want to give their money to Exxon being the parent company of Zilog and threatening IBM, Zilog made a better chip for the job than Intel.
Every other thing they tried has been a catastrophic failure, as i said they never made the best stuff at any point, Intel's success is directly attributed to IBM and IBM chose Intel because it was at war with the parent company of the better chip.
When Intel wanted to prove it wasn't a fluke they ended up licencing AMD's stuff and still do to this day.