I don't know if it's purposeful or if it's more like laziness/indifference. Before AMD produced the Athlon in the late 90s, Intel wasn't doing much innovation in the CPU market because they didn't have to. It wasn't until AMD took a significant bite out of their market share with low-priced overclock-able CPUs that Intel got off their collective asses and started releasing better technology. Maybe they were sitting on their laurels again and pushed out a flawed design. How long has Intel known about it is another question.
This flaw is not good. Not good at all.
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