That's an... odd perspective. AMD64 was a huge threat to Intel. It dominated the then flagship P4 and completely destroyed Intel's attempt to force us into an

That's an... odd perspective. AMD64 was a huge threat to Intel. It dominated the then flagship P4 and completely destroyed Intel's attempt to force us into an "Itanium everywhere" future. The fact it didn't leave AMD in charge of the x86-compatible market owes more to their superb Israeli chip design team being able to pull them out of the frying pan.