In the meantime, panicked Intel executives have been reported running around like headless chickens over at RNB.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2018/06/19/amd-threadripper-2990x-revealed-leaked-benchmarks-show-32-core-shockingly-fast-performance/2/#15b2a11d2bbc
Bravo, @1jbs and we'll stated! 2x4 slammed right between the eyes of CEO and BoD! The shareholders gave no confidence in either.
@TKXb4WZ-1uoc Between 1990-2010 was and amazing two decades! x86, went from process and manufacturing laggard to leader. Sadly the gravest mistake was in the promotion of poor leaders and weak BoD. The rot from bad and arrogant management sowed the mistakes which are now becoming apparent and no amount of spin can hide it.
The server monopoly has been rebreached by an executing AMD with a smart CEO and riding 7nm will likely pull a repeat of what happened in the late 90s. The difference this time intel won’t have process or manufacturing leadership to fall back on, it will indeed be ugly if the BoD doesn’t make big changes this year. Even if they are bold enough to make it changing the direction, cultural and bring new initiatives and execution will take 2-5 years.
Intel is at the tipping point this year
@1uoc - The Computex $hitshow was pure embarrassment to watch.
It's funny how the TMG process lead was ALWAYS the picture of Intel's strength, leadership and prowess. As employees, we marveled at how good we were over competition w.r.t. process nodes. Now as an ex-employee, I marvel at how bad the situation has become. It's even sadder when Intel continues to ignore any reality with middle-school level obfuscation at their press events (think Computex).
RNB is running around finding excuses for BOD. After all, with the amazing story of Intel's process lead how could anyone want to buy silicon anywhere else?