AMD was licensed by Intel to produce x86 processors so that IBM would have a second source for their PCs. That licensing arrangement ended with the 386 (well, I

AMD was licensed by Intel to produce x86 processors so that IBM would have a second source for their PCs. That licensing arrangement ended with the 386 (well, Intel ended it, AMD claimed it was still valid). AMD was forced to produce their own 386 which then prompted a lawsuit from Intel claiming their intellectual copyrights had been violated since AMD had to reverse-engineer the 386. That lawsuit was settled in AMD's favor just two years before this bug. During that time before the lawsuit was settled, AMD was on the ropes, and it didn't look like they were going to make it. Intel's PR fiasco with this bug put AMD back in the market and to their credit, AMD went on the offensive and went on to make outstanding products. As you probably know, there are even more stories of AMD besting Intel throughout the 90s and even on to present-day. I'd like to see someone put together a timeline of Intel missteps, starting with the 286.