If you finish the article, it's not really about any of that at all, he's just writing a flourishing introduction. A detail like that isn't that important in the scope of the article.
But how can I know if I can trust the information in the article that I don't know (the reason I'm reading it), if the information I do know is wrong?
"Maybe the rest of the article is solid, but if I'm reading an article on the details of processors, it worries me when they miss a detail about processors" I think expresses it pretty well.
