You're more right than you realize. I've heard from a number of senior folks in CS who have ties to industry that in many cases decisions by Intel in terms of

You're more right than you realize. I've heard from a number of senior folks in CS who have ties to industry that in many cases decisions by Intel in terms of choice of CPU features have been in large part motivated by making it impossible for competitors to achieve feature parity without risking or perhaps certainly dealing with bankruptcy.