In posting the weakest Q4 revenue result and Q1 outlook since the bursting of the bubble, Intel has made it clear how much competitive ground the company has lost to AMD. The extent of the losses has exceeded our expectations.

Developers see no sign of a 'bubble' bursting.

If there were a lot of homes in inventory, we could anticipate a bubble bursting, but there isn't,

As I look at Intel's product lineup versus AMD, it's clear that Intel is weakest in servers and strongest in notebooks. So from that standpoint I can see why Intel would want to create an impression that says they are closing that gap.

I think what we have in store is a slow deflating of the housing bubble, not a bursting of the bubble. But if mortgage rates rise more sharply than I am expecting, then the downturn in housing could be more severe.

The notion of a bubble bursting and the whole price level coming down ... as a national phenomenon is really quite unlikely,