Microsoft and Apple also not in direct competition with Intel, and Intel rather not lose more of their business in a pissing contest so I think it's treating th

Microsoft and Apple also not in direct competition with Intel, and Intel rather not lose more of their business in a pissing contest so I think it's treating them somewhat differently (tho if you don't protect your patents you kinda open yourself for future violations) NVIDIA on the other hand was and still is a direct threat to Intel in the datacenter.