[dur-randir]

It doesn't matter to the public's perception.

[vladvasiliu]

Right, it certainly doesn't.

But since we're on a technical forum where my initial comment's parent seems to argue this issue is Intel's fault, I think it's interesting to determine whether that's actually the case.

Of course, had Intel not released such a CPU, we wouldn't be having this conversation. But since they have released similar ones a few years ago now, is it still (only?) their fault?

[p_ing]

OS scheduler is responsible; AMD/Intel work with Microsoft on the NT scheduler and likely contribute code on the Linux scheduler.