Just remembered that part of the story: Part of the effort to ditch x86 was to destroy competition that existed due to second sourcing agreements. After alread

Just remembered that part of the story: Part of the effort to ditch x86 was to destroy competition that existed due to second sourcing agreements. After already trying and losing in court the case to prevent AMD and others from making compatible chips, Intel hoped to push IA-64 for the lucrative high performance markets it dominated in PCs, and prevent rise of compatible designs from other vendors.