I believe S|A's dislike of Intel and access to industry insiders are correlated. Specifically I know a lot of industry insiders have a dislike of some of Intel

I believe S|A's dislike of Intel and access to industry insiders are correlated. Specifically I know a lot of industry insiders have a dislike of some of Intel's practices. When S|A talks about them, S|A knows to take the "ranty" tone, as a means of signalling up front to readers, "Hey, this isn't going to be a bland slide presentation..."