And of course, this has nothing to do with the AMD 64-bit devices kicking their butt...
are they that good?
Except that Intel's new processors which be coming out in this summer will be far superior to anything has to offer now or contemplated and will also run much cooler. The good thing is that Intel processors are manufactured in the USA. All AMD processors are manufactured in Germany in Fabs that are heavily subsidized by Germany.
Probably not. We've already heard they're getting out of the embedded market. I think they're just trying to concentrate on fewer things like their new line of chips which will, for the first time in years, not have its butt kicked by AMD.