No, it was early designs (intentionally?) fucked up that deviated strongly from AMD's reference design. Rumors went around that Intel paid manufacturers to do

No, it was early designs (intentionally?) fucked up that deviated strongly from AMD's reference design. Rumors went around that Intel paid manufacturers to do it intentionally, but nothing was ever proven. However, given how Intel has had similar behavior in the past, it isn't an unreasonable rumor either...