[mchristen]

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Keller_(engineer) to answer your question about loyalty. He's had his hand in all kinds of chips you use.

[api]

I don't think him jumping back and forth is a bad thing. I'd prefer if Intel and AMD (and others) were at each others throats constantly. We're the winners in that scenario, with more and faster and cheaper chips to choose from.