Thread regarding Intel Corp. layoffs

TD as a PnL... won't that be something. Those people are at the heart of the cultural problems at Intel.

When they had the leadership, they would tell the design teams what the could and couldn't have.

And if you weren't asking for high power or anything that isn't needed for processor or chipset you weren't going to get it.

So it is laughable to me that Intel now thinks it can do IFS... Because to do that, you have to be flexible and responsive to customers. You have to provide many nodes and many different libraries and of course performance/watt is every bit (if not more) important that performance only.

I hope that can teach on old dog a new trick... but I wouldn't put any money on it.

TD reorg/forced retirement is inevitable. Just a question of when. Once the PnL split is complete TMG will no longer be able to hide their bloated cost structure vs other industry players. Wait for the 5 nodes in 4 years to come to its conclusion one way or the other. Then knives out.

Once TD has to report P&L, cost cutting will arrive . It will be painful.

Maybe Sandra Rivera would be a good choice to take on this new assignment. She can fix cultures... she can grow businesses... why can't she help TD catch up in process, logic and packaging?

Probably time for AK to retire?
And handoff to ??

unlikely. layoff plans inside intel most likely were devised independent of Tower deal as it hadn't closed yet.

still, if you are in TD you are probably not safe... when TD is benchmarked against TSMC you will find a highly inefficient organization compared to the number nodes and IP cells created by that stronger competitor. Good luck!

Actually, the people in TD care.