Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

@gpfw - I see HR is trolling these forums again. No, Intel discrete gfx is not promising. Initial benchmarks actually label it as a laughing stock.

@gtpz - CHIPS bill will not save Intel as most of it will go to executive pay packages and stock buybacks in a futile attempt to prop up the failing stock price.

I guess the only thing left is the $52 billion corporate welfare bill under consideration. Who could have imagined in the late 90s that hyper-capitalistic Intel would slink onto the Taker Train?

13th Gen dropping soon?

Wow, Optane was the next gen hope in what remained of Intel’s memory business:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2022/02/28/is-intel-going-to-drop-optane/

So memory and the discrete GPU paths are somewhere between bleak and dead. It’s getting hard to see where a Hail Mary can come from. Are we missing anything here?

In over 4 decades Intel has attempted to diversify to numerous markets. Every new product launch and acquisition has failed miserably. It's clear that Intel is an x86 one trick pony. It gets worse because it's now clear that even that one trick is fading.

It happened kinda quietly but 2022 was also the year the casket closed on Optane. Might be seen as a positive because Intel was burning money on it.

Discrete GPU has finally hit the market and is dominating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdFnY74dVNE

I saved a bunch of money on my car insurance!

That all looks like good news...