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by yjftsjthsd-h 1704 days ago
> IDK what held them back from reimagining the architecture

They'd been successful for decades, were raking in cash, and remembered the last time they tried something new AKA Itanium AKA the itanic AKA the most mocked architecture of all time. It's a failing, but I can totally understand how they got there.

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Classic innovator's dilemma. They're retreating up-market.