We're actually in agreement, it's just that analogies are a blunt instrument. I'm saying that Intel and AMD made single-purpose GPUs useful only for graphics.

We're actually in agreement, it's just that analogies are a blunt instrument. I'm saying that Intel and AMD made single-purpose GPUs useful only for graphics. Whether that's because of the software or hardware is immaterial. Effectively, it's one product in the same sense that an iPhone is one product to a consumer, but technically it's the iPhone device + iOS the software + Apple services such as iCloud, music, etc...