Intel Corp (INTC)

[imho]

It is not the way you portray it to be, it's possible Intel decided to use AMD's extensions because it was easier to - not because they were forced

Exactly. Another way of saying it is that AMD's extensions to the 32 bit instruction set were obvious to anyone who was in position to extend the instruction set. Intel was not first because of IPF and other strategies. It is hilarious how the AMD supporters get all giddy about being first to implement what was probably the same/similar solution Intel was planning on all along. It is only my guess of course, but you can bet if AMD iproperly implemented the extensions, MS would not have supported it and neither would Intel. Now if Intel had copied other features of the K8, beyond the instruction set, then they would have something to brag about. But it is really irrelevent. Good job AMD you were the first!

IMHO