I had similar hopes when Intel acquired Altera, however think Intel managed to completely botch that acquisition. I now believe Intels going through a phase whe

I had similar hopes when Intel acquired Altera, however think Intel managed to completely botch that acquisition. I now believe Intels going through a phase where they seem to be struggling to get things out of the door on time (like 10nm, Optane, Xeon Phis, Drones, Nervana, Edison...). At a time where AMD seems to be credibly challenging Intel for the first time in over a decade, any non x86 efforts will likely end up as a side hobby and not get the attention/investment from Intel management that it deserves. As a result I am glad Mellanox did not end up at Intel.