Could someone PLEASE explain the "Intel Compliant" tags in peoples' signatures?

[Rainsford]

This is something I've wondered about for a while now, and I was hoping someone (hopefully one of the folks with said tag in their signature) could explain this to me. I am seriously not trying to start a flame war or something, I'm really curious what in the heck "Intel compliance" is. Aren't all x86 chips based on the same set of standards? They have different implementations sure, and they have some different features, but there is no such things as industry wide Intel compliance standards (that I've heard of at any rate). And even if you do consider Intel's x86 implementation a standard, doesn't it go without saying that Intel products are Intel compliant? That's like saying my Toyota is Toyota compliant. Well of course it is.

I like AMD and Intel, this isn't about that. I'm just curious what exactly you guys are talking about.

 

[Adul]

because some people are fanboys

 

[pm]

This isn't the "Not speaking for Intel" signature right? (that signature is required by Intel when employees post online on issues relating to Intel's product line).

Can you give an example of someone with an Intel compliance signature? Why didn't you just PM one of the people who have this sig and ask them? Why start a thread on it?