Boss says, "Do the thing." Engineer says, "The thing is out of spec!" Boss says, "Competitor is doing the thing already and it works." Engineer does the thing.
Yes, but also no. The motherboard market is "timing-competitive", your product needs to be ready when the CPU launches, especially for the kind of flagship CPU that this specific issue is about. You can't wait and see what the competitors are doing.
Boss says, "Do the thing." Engineer says, "The thing is out of spec!" Boss says, "Competitor is doing the thing already and it works." Engineer does the thing.