Similar to you all I have been stressing out for layoffs when they announce. But too much stress caused a health issue for me and I learned staying healthy, plus taking care of yourself is more important. Always put your health top priority. To... — read more
Who's still here?
As you roll out of bed and slog through rush hour traffic to your site. Going to your shared cube because your own cube got shutdown along with the floor you used to sit at. Checking morning emails and AR's dumped on you from your counterparts in... — read more
If you were Pat, would you reform ifs?
If so, how? Or would you abandon it?
Intel selling Mobileye stock... needs cash badly.
First Intel bought the company... never mind that there was not strategic rationale for it. Then the new CEO took over so they spun it right back out... and now plan to sell the shares. Intel needs the cash badly, given the $2.8B Q1 loss and the... — read more
Silicon Mega trends Intel has missed
Smartphones GPUs AI Spatial computing Any others? Maybe we’re working on the next big thing like a charging bowl.
Never have so many people worked the bare minimum only
I'm not trying make excuses for anyone, but I somewhat understand people who have decided to do only the bare minimum necessary to keep their job. Maybe it's time for Intel to examine why there are now so many of them?
M2 Ultra, the ki-ler of Core i7 and even Xeon?
In performance per watt, M2 Ultra looks like a ki-ler. What’s Intel response???
Intel is going through an unusually bad downturn
It's more than just lagging behind in TD compared to the competitors. It's a multitude of a truck load of bad decisions made over the last decade. With the most optimistic outcome of current efforts in TD, it will take at least two years to see some... — read more
New rounds of layoff
Did anyone get affected by new rounds of layoffs? CCG was supposed to notify employee by 05/30.
Bleed blue
When Pat first took the CEO role, he mentioned that a number of former employees were “really excited” to come back to Intel. How’s that going? Is there still (in Pat’s own words) an “irrational” level of excitement. Do these people still “bleed... — read more
Any single area where Intel is leading?
Looks like in chips, AMD better. Looks like we do not have AI to compete to Nvidia Looks like in fabric, tmsc bear us badly. Looks like in GPU's we are not leading. Is there any single market that we dominate? Are we f-c*Ed? We seem to be 5 to... — read more
It's easy to complain, how about you do something about it?
I know two people who scored great remote jobs in the last three months and two more within the last six months. What they did was do their homework. Most of them researched like crazy, networked whenever they had the chance, and customized their... — read more
This makes so much sense
I'm an ex-Amazon senior leader. Here's why layoffs keep happening and why ambitious managers are fueling them. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-reason-for-layoffs-former-senior-tech-leader-2023-5
Intel can't fab anything but x86 CPUs
Qualcomm and Tesla already turned down Intel foundry. Even Intel GPUs are fabbed at TSMC, Nvidia is not going to risk their business on a sub-standard foundry.
PG: In the mud hole…
https://fortune.com/2023/05/31/intel-chip-manufacturing-rivals-nvidia-get-ahead-ceo-pat-gelsinger/ PG admitting serious trouble?
Intel desperate for cash...selling crown jewels
Thought AMD was playing crooked and giving away x86 IP to the Chinese. Never thought Intel will do the same thing. What is Intel getting in return? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-computer-maker-powerleader-says-093000022.html Looks like... — read more
honest feedback why turn around will fail
Toxic culture from what I hear Politics hurting good employees . family/friends bad hiring decisions Lower than market average compensation People pretend to work hard remotely sites are ghost town and dead No recognition ... — read more
When pay will be restored?
Any insight on when pay will be restored?
Relocation zone
I’m getting married and need to move into a new city. Currently my city is zone 2 and the city I have to move is zone 1 (I verified with a friend working there at intel small office) if there was an immediate offer, I would have accepted. If I ask... — read more
Will PG be the Lisa Su of Intel??
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2023/05/31/lisa-su-saved-amd-now-she-wants-nvidias-ai-crown/?sh=15ef90241ec9 2 years in the reign. Will PG rescue the sinking ship? Titanic 2.0 or Phoenix 2.0? What will be the outcome of IDM 2.0??
Well these guys aren't buying INTC for sure
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/conservative-etf-sells-target-stock-woke-agenda
There is not a chance in h-e-l-l Jensen will go to Intel for foundry
He is just trying to get better pricing and capacity from TSMC and Samsung
Can Intel Compete With Taiwan Semi? Nvidia CEO Says Test Chips ‘Look Good.’
https://www.barrons.com/articles/intel-tsmc-nvidia-573267ea
Intel-built Nvidia GPUs could be on the horizon.
Maybe there's still hope? https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ceo-intel-test-chip-results-for-next-gen-process-look-good18
Why can’t our GPU compete with Nvidia or AMD?
Is it harder to design GPU than CPU? I don’t know. But if we can design first class CPU, what is preventing us from designing first class GPU? Talent? Management? Lack of corporate support? At least we should know where the problem is, right?
Intel is not a real company
For many years it has been behaving more like a bloated third-world bureaucracy or a fake NGO, profiting from virtue signaling and so-called ESG.
*** This is what happens when you have REAL LEADERSHIP ***
Nvidia Becomes First Chip Stock to Join Trillion-Dollar Club! https://www.barrons.com/articles/nvidia-stock-price-market-cap-one-trillion-dollars-apple-tesla-ai-89ecb969?siteid=yhoof2 Selling my RSU and ESPP shares to buy Nvidia is one of the best... — read more
How can anyone even defend Intel at this point?
I literally don't get it. The proof has been there for years. Can't execute. Stock price smashed to smithereens. Has cut back on employee benefits including 401k and reduced salaries. Abysmal work culture and politics. Any skills gained are... — read more
More cuts when?
We need to achieve 10B savings/year through 2026. Are we expecting more layoffs soon?
Musings from someone who was laid off April 2020.
Musing here on a lazy Sunday morning and haven't been back to this board in awhile. I was laid off from Intel in a political hit piece around April 2020 right before covid. Was a G8. Joined another large tech company and never looked back. .. — read more
"AMD & competitors are in rear view mirror"
Well looks like that didn't age very well
Who Really Fired BS?
This weak and uncaring board would not be the real force to have BS fired for wanting to split Intel. The financial institutions would have seen the writings on the wall and know that splitting is the only way forward. Then who is the real force... — read more
https://fortune.com/2023/05/26/90-of-laid-off-h1-b-visa-holders-were-able-to-find-new-work-against-all-odds-heres-what-the-data-tells-us-about-a
90% of laid-off H1-B visa holders were able to find new work against all odds. Here’s what the data tells us about America’s complicated relationship with foreign-born talent
AMD crosses $200B market cap
Remind me again how much Intel is worth?