I would argue there were many good things but not well delivered. The Optane persistent memory should've been revolutionary for databases but Intel just put it out and expected people to do all the software.
I'm seeing the same thing now with Intel QAT / IAA / DSA. Only niche software support. Only AWS seems to have it and those "bare metal" machines don't even have local NVMe.
About 10 years ago Intel Research was publishing a lot of great research but no software for the users.
Contrast it with Nvidia and their amazing software stack and support for their hardware.
I'm seeing the same thing now with Intel QAT / IAA / DSA. Only niche software support. Only AWS seems to have it and those "bare metal" machines don't even have local NVMe.
About 10 years ago Intel Research was publishing a lot of great research but no software for the users.
Contrast it with Nvidia and their amazing software stack and support for their hardware.