"I, like many people, always enjoy a tale of a formidable underdog. In the world of computer processors, Advancd Micro Devices, Inc. plays the role of this scrappy protagonist. For many years, AMD played catch-up with main rival Intel by reverse engineering Intel's x86 processors. AMD's aim was to offer a competitive product at a competitive price. Eventually, the formidable underdog achieved that goal, and the thorn in Intel's side has been doing it ever since. However, the tables have turned recently. Intel seems to be taking a page or two or maybe even a couple chapters out of AMD's playbook. "
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