SGX -- More than speed
It is tough being in a market that you only compete on price/performance. So Intel is trying to add features. One is SGX, which enables code to run in "enclaves" that cannot be accessed by the O/S or anything else. A bit spooky, but novel and riddled with patents.
If you have an application that relies on SGX, you will not go AMD even if it is faster and cheaper.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
