Why would Microsoft not benefit from helping introduce this sort of architecture? All their products would definitely be TCPA certified, especially since they are members of the committee on TCPA standards. In fact, this is a way they could get back at competition (primarily FLOSS) and practically make them illegal or rather impossible to use.
While Intel hardware is largely manufactured outside the U.S.A due to cost considerations, the design for implementation is from the U.S.A. Once it is implemented in the U.S., it does not take long for such architecture to become globally prevalent. Companies like AMD, etc. will have to follow suit if they want M$ consumers to buy their hardware. Hence, the problem was, and still remains, the prevalent use of M$ software.
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