Gary Dickerson Pat Gelsinger Bob Swan
Let go / IR Tag
Hello all, I got firing from Intel Corp (Israel) at July 18 due to a new manager that didn't liked me. of course he didn't mentioned this but the official reason is my lack in technical skills and non commitment. This was totally Bulls*** :( I was on... — read more
Speaking of 5G modems...
if you look at all the field trials in China and US(Verizon)... Here's the current status. Qualcomm: (furthest ahead) (Verizon) field trials ongoing. Ready to go. waiting standards completion. Huawei (China): mobile and infrastructure 5G trials... — read more
Intel shares fall after downgrade: 'It takes forever to turn the ship'
Yeah, just like the Titanic.... Iceberg dead ahead!!!!
A potential hit for Intel -AWS deploys Arm chips more widely
Energy-efficient processors based on the Arm architecture could be more widely deployed after Amazon Web Services' introduction of Arm-based cloud-computing resources for developers this week. Think that this can cause a lot of problems. This segment... — read more
Intel layoffs!
https://www.adweek.com/agencies/intel-to-shutter-in-house-agency-inside-creative-and-production-operations-in-strategic-pivot trimming fat....
Intel plans to launch the 5G modem earlier than it announced
I'm not really sure what to think about the announced launch of the 5G modem 6 months earlier then it was announced. Obviously, it is beneficial to arrive at the market as early as possible but on the other hand, I fear that this decision was made... — read more
Microsoft hates Intel too
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-surface-laptop-amd-cpu,38176.html
Oregonian reporting 11 hospitalized at RA??
Any word on what happened?
The longest wait in history
“Intel was the first to use 14-nanometer technology at scale in 2013, according to Goldman Sachs. It won’t have 10-nanometer ready for prime time until the end of 2019 -- by far the longest wait in its history. TSMC has gone from 20-nanometer to... — read more
Qorvo Oregon Fab
It's hiring
It’s getting crowded on the server CPU market
It would be foolish not to take serious Amazons entering the server CPU market. With the presentation of Amazon’s Graviton processor comes a big threat, not just in terms of losing a big customer, but also regarding the role that Amazon is going to... — read more
TSMC vs Intel
In the same time one goes 20->7nm. The other one goes 14->14++++++++nm https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-apos-chipmaking-throne-challenged-080100514.html
The chip shortage situations
If you ask me, missing out on growth opportunities in emerging markets, due to the lack of ability to deliver a product to its customers is a sign of poor strategy. When you get labeled as an unreliable supplier it takes a lot of time and effort to... — read more
Amazon Web Services introduces its own custom-designed Arm server processor, promises 45 percent lower costs for some workloads
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amazon-web-services-introduces-custom-designed-arm-server-processor-promises-45-percent-lower-costs-workloads/
Intel is already working on a 10-core CPU?
According to a Taiwanese forum thread that claims to have information from an inside partner meeting, Intel may be developing a 10-core consumer-grade CPU in the Comet Lake-S family. The CPU would be built on the 14 nm process and may use a dual-ring... — read more
Dilbert describes the Intel culture!
www.dilbert.com/strip/2018-11-25
World best engineering school and hardest majors
Where are the best schools and why...like research innovation Other than Technicon in Isarel? Of Cal Tech. I think Chem Eng is very tough insane Math. Harvey Mudd has to be up there since they fon't offer a specific major but a strong EE, Mech, Chem... — read more
GRASPING FOR SUBJECTS
Well its plain to see that since theres no planning for layoffs, everyones grasping at any subject just to bad mouth intel abut anything..
What products have best margins?
What products have best margins, which products greatest growth within 5 - 7 years?
How long will Intel’s good numbers last?
Seems like everybody can’t stop talking about the good quarter that Intel has had. Think that Intel owes that success to the circumstances on the semiconductor market. Even though things are looking good for Intel right now ( the deal with Apple, new... — read more
Black Fridays for TMG
So is getting rid of the top trouble makers from TMG BK and SA enough and replacing with MM and AK going to cut it? BK and SA completely decimated the core intel talent, code of conduct morales and values and moral couldn’t be more low. If only Intel... — read more
Intel’s new vision in the graphics market
Found this to be an insightful article that covers the topic of Intel’s future role on the graphics market. This is definitely an area in which Intel can use a lot of innovation and a new vision, as it had a hard time competing with its peers. I... — read more
JK or BS?
BS or JK would be great choices for CEO Seems to be more chatter around JK now
The Shortage of Intel’s CPUs affect the laptop market
It appears that a stall in growth on the laptop market is predicted and apparently Intel is the one to blame. It’s been known that we can deliver processors to a certain capacity, but I don’t think the customers have a lot of understanding for that... — read more
Who's the most likely candidate so far?
There are so few hints on who is even considered to become the new Intel CEO that I can't even figure out if we actually have front runners or not by now. Is there a favorite so far or not?
https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/1815/amd-discloses-initial-zen-2-details/
7nm Zen 2 Details https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/1815/amd-discloses-initial-zen-2-details/
Corporate Culture at Fab
Many fab people are a miserable lot, wearing sacrifice like a badge of honor as you firefight family time, work/balance, and get treated like a minion. The worst part is for all the endless carping, many fab engineers still be there 10 years hence... — read more
SERMA / marketplace
Anyone using SERMA to pay for marketplace? I know this is not the best place to ask about it but I have no other options. Anyone here who can chime in?
There is no GPTW
GPTW was an Intel Value that was lost long ago. The 'forced fun' aspect was increasingly ill-funded, and for some groups, was just surreptitiously expensed by the managers just to keep up morale. The finance wing of any group would only give so much... — read more
Anyone but MR
All employees should petition the board to NOT pick MR as the next CEO
How much have the Chinese RCG stolen from Intel?
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-china-economic-espionage-20181116-story.html
Intel’s BOD aproves new funding to the stock buyback program
In an official press release that was issued by the company on November 15th. It was stated that the board of directors approved an increase in the value of $15 billion to the stock buyback program, This article contains all of the details about this... — read more
Talent Development
One of the most important roles of BoD, CEO and senior managers is to develop a deep bench, nurture diverse talent for mutiple and diverse views. In Intel’s BK reign and especially in TMG and SA’s case it was about purging anyone of talent that... — read more
So sad for the Canon and Icelake design teams...
They have blown their three year lead and If you want product leadership you need great design on a great process. So sad for the Canon and Icelake design teams, billions invested and nothing to show.
LTD leadership bench
It is shocking that for a 50000 employee organization, there is no leadership bench after SA and they had to pick MM out of semi-retirement to lead TD - MM has no expertise leading a large and complex development org like TD. Look under LTD top... — read more
How Intel plans to profit from 5G
This article provides a good insight into Intel’s strategy regarding 5G, and how it plans to profit and ensure growth from various segments of the 5G market. I understand that many of you, if not all of you, are familiar with this matter, but still... — read more
Intel reality ....
80%-90% of Intel employees are pretty much resting and vesting, traveling, running side businesses on company time and dime, etc. Usually protected by nepotism, cronyism, etc. The remaining 10-20% stupid worker bees do all the actual work. And this... — read more
Apple recruiting modem engineers
Intel, your days as an Apple provider are numbered! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-recruiting-chip-engineers-qualcomm-110000251.html
Observed today: Half of the parking lot is empty at 4.30 PM
No wander people like working here. How come that I am always so loaded with work... Darn it...