It should be something that will genuinely hurt their bottom line. Like in a clear case of malice and trying to skirt the law like that? A guilty verdict should carry a fine of 30% of all revenue, not profit, for the [fiscal] year.

No accounting tricks and barely slap on the risk fines. A fine that risks profitability to the shareholders they are (supposedly) accountable to. Executives wouldn’t touch a program like what just pulled with a 10 foot pole.

Given the low perf increase, it’s more likely Intel will purposely use this to push 14th gen as an ‘upgrade.’