World's Thickest Book

Intel should publish all of their documentation, including

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/64-ia-32-architectures-software-developer-manual-325462.html
and
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/64-ia-32-architectures-optimization-manual.html

in one book.

>>87
I usually do the opposite of engineering...

>>92
Medfield isn't PC compatible, anyway
Not fully (obviously it's going to lack things like an 8042 because the smartphone doesn't even have a keyboard, and other devices where the associated peripheral isn't present, and the BIOS is similarly cut down --- although AFAIK it still boots in realmode), but it's compatible enough for e.g. standard Windows EXEs to run in userspace.

and won't chase their offerings unless and until they demonstrate a clear price advantage
Intel is not trying to compete in the value segment; they're aiming for performance, which is what x86 has always been good at. Just as most of the low-end market is dominated by AMD, Intel wants to take the high end and leave the low end to ARM, MIPS, and the rest.