Well, "expect" might be a strong word, but not only have Intel's CPU timelines been routinely slipping for years, the generational improvements have been kind of pedestrian for years (relative to Intel itself when you go back to the early 2000s). Intel has been behaving like they have no real competition for over a decade, and what they were shipping became their "normal performance growth curve" -- I don't think they took either Apple or AMD seriously.

I don't understand this ridiculous conspiracy. What competent government would force one company to backdoor their products but forget about their other competitors, all of which are domestic?