Did anyone read this series?

The Deniers, a series originally published by the National Post and later republished as a book, is one environmental journalist's search for credible scientists who dispute the current consensus on global warming. Lawrence Solomon is purportedly an environmentalist who nonetheless does not buy into the idea that anthropogenic climate change is definitely happening.

CPU geekery

In a critical commentary of Wikipedia, ZDNet's Paul Murphy makes some assertions about the CPU page on Wikipedia:

He writes:

"...what’s been allowed into the Wikipedia’s primary article on CPUs focuses on Intel x86, includes numerous statements offered as fact that are simply not true (everything from the assertion that Intel was the first to create the microprocessor to the claimed design equivalence of Intel’s multi-core packaging to Sun’s CMT/SMP architecture), and essentially denies AMD’s role in repeatedly forcing innovation within the x86 framework.

Exclusions work the same way too: just as the climate change article allows no hint of dissent, the CPU article gives the reader no hints that PPC derivatives dramatically out sell and out perform x86 while using less power and costing significantly less per operation per second."

I'm wondering if any of you can verify or contradict his statements regarding CPUs? Not particularly interested in debating his statements about climate change or Wikipedia just now.