If Itanium is any indication, even inventing a new ISA is something Intel will likely screw the pooch over. With that said, I'm cautiously hopeful that with the

If Itanium is any indication, even inventing a new ISA is something Intel will likely screw the pooch over. With that said, I'm cautiously hopeful that with the move to a big.LITTLE-like configuration in Alder Lake processors, Intel is at least taking notes from it's competitors. If chasing Apple is enough of a carrot to add ECC support to i7's in the near future, I say chase away.