Because of the branding change, history will remember the Pentium (P5). It was r...

consp · 2026-03-26T10:34:25 1774521265

The major stumble being having to cross licence AMD for the x64 opcode design thus ensuring at least two players in the field (and due to how it's going only two).

twoodfin · 2026-03-26T10:51:34 1774522294

They also started to slip behind AMD in the Pentium 4/NetBurst era, but got their footing back with Core (a more direct descendant of the P6 than the Pentium 4!)

Around the same time, but I’d classify as separate stumbles.

rasz · 2026-03-26T13:24:31 1774531471

During P4 Intel kept their footing with bribes. Article touches on this

"Some companies, notably Dell, remained Intel-only well into the 21st century,"

Dell was receiving $1Billion a year in bribes from Intel https://247wallst.com/consumer-electronics/2007/02/02/michea...

"The documents filed in District Court claim that there were $1 billion in kickbacks and payments."

That was the only way to make big boys plunge into Pentium 4 with Rambus fiasco.