Okay, but could the 8051 have made a decent foundation for a small, cheap 8/16 bit core? Intel could have literally given the parts away. The obvious answer i

Okay, but could the 8051 have made a decent foundation for a small, cheap 8/16 bit core? Intel could have literally given the parts away. The obvious answer is that Intel couldn't monetize it like the x86, so there we go.