Custome SoC is coming really! 4 terabytes and hour what a joker! http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1331770&
What would happen if Berkshire Hathaway bought the company?
Wonder if Warren Buffett has appetite for computer chips??
Looking for results from all those fresh ideas we were promised
I'm still waiting for some glimmer of the progress we were promised when BK cleared out all the old folks and brought in all these new employees with new perspectives and great ideas.
Murthy replaces failures in Intel mobile with top Qualcomm Indian team
Aicha fired Tom fired Ashe soon to be fired
So is SDG one the safer/better groups to be in now?
Trying to evaluate if a move to SDG is the right call.. The whole effort in "server first" places servers as one of the growth opportunities within the company vs. dying client, but even SDG needs help from client folks regarding being on the newest... — read more
More and more everyone designs custom chips!
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1331753 Google going custom, as have apple... BK what is intels competitive advantage. It ain't silicon nor manufacturing as TSMC and Samsung have given you a can of whoop a$$ It ain't mobile as you got a... — read more
Epyc pain incoming and more ACTs
http://semiaccurate.com/2017/05/17/amd-calls-naples-epyc-analyst-day/ Competion has come in the last walled garden. You can debate how much volume, and the benchmarks, but in the end AMD will price it to move and FB, Amazon, Google and MS will put... — read more
Gone forever are the golden upgrade business
You younger people don't remember the golden years. Every new process generation would result in excitement around next generation chips. Fabs would ramp and they couldn't make enough and business boomed, new fabs built and stock doubled. These days... — read more
TMG is next ...
Samsung spins off Foundry http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1331748& If Intel hopes to be competitive there is two directions Continue to shrink and milk x86 and sever. IBM and other system houses have shown this is busted as did AMD. Spin... — read more
Moving all H1B to Green Card EB1 category
companies started moving all H1B worker to GC - EB1 category with "highly skilled engineer" to safeguard Every rule has its own issues.
Desperate times means desperate ACTs
Got to be kidding but hey when you got a bozo in charge, and he is beyond desperation... what is next ARM, watches, commodity memory, drones, and chasing fads of the day? How about executing schedules on schedule instead of empty ppt days to press... — read more
Jack of all trades, Expert of none!
Intel today resembles nothing like a leader. They want to dip their fingers into every little fad. As a result they are slowly losing focus on the core strength that is chip design and fabbing. Watches, jewellery, drones, modems, GPUs, network... — read more
[Very Sad] NVDA (value $70B USD - 10300 employees), INTC (value $170B USD - 106000 employees)
I like how the INTC fan boys say NVDA is no threat and there is no fight... Someone will take the comments off of this board in the next few years a write a book about how stupidly naive INTC employees and supporters were. INTC is flying blind with... — read more
What are the average bonus targets for grade 7 and above?
What are the average APB targets for G7, G8, and so on? I know for below G7 the target is basically equal to 1% of salary. How much does it increase after promotion? Asking as I was just recently promoted to G7 and not sure where I stand.
Intel Isarel
Just headed home to Oregon from Isarel. The engineering team here is amazing, top tier engineers, they really work like a Zubin Mehta cincert, The RCG are from really good schools. I think if other over seas locations are of this caliber they are a... — read more
What no threads about GB?
You layoff posters are slow today. What about GB? We have ourselves another exec with same last name as DB and AB. Supposedly they are not related, any of them.
Billions spent and still lost
Nvidia out a can of whoop a$$ on intel. You'd think intel plus Mobileye would be compelling, guess not http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1331727 What a dumb ACT and more ACTs are certain! Intel will lose in AI too, too late and wasting... — read more
Eassa: Windows on Arm (redoux)
Microsoft Corporation Is Trying to Resurrect Windows-on-ARM! Could it be different this time? A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Microsoft and a handful of ARM-based chipmakers made a big deal about an operating system dubbed Windows RT... — read more
F11x in NM getting an expansion
It's true check the article From 10 years ago
life is good after Intel
I was shown the door at Intel, My wife is still there. I went to work at Google nite and day difference. Much more open culture, most people watch their health here, eat organic, yoga and no useless stress. If my wife doesn't leave soon, she will... — read more
When will the next round of layoffs affect the great innovators in the senior age group?
Looks like there are too many senior "experts" around and its time for a cleanup. Slow moving huge base grey-haired yesterdecade innovators should start thinking about retirement life now rather than venting their venom against company policies and... — read more
left 22 months ago, having a blast
left after ~30yrs in chip world, retirement severence was great! there is life outside intel with significantly lower stress. Intel trains you well that I get respect everywhere I go. But Glad I left, whole family happier due to I becoming a better... — read more
Confirmed! Hundreds of layoffs coming in DCG after NS takes over from DB
Will happen in June-July timeframe. Confirmed. Better be prepared.
No layoffs in site..
Well due to the recent numbers that came out looks like no layoffs in site. No new news on this site telling us that intels in trouble and theres going to be huge layoffs. I guess all the people with this " insider info " were wrong.. hmm what a... — read more
NVDA (value $70B USD - 10300 employees), INTC (value $170B USD - 106000 employees)
NVDA (value $70B USD - 10300 employees), INTC (value $170B USD - 106000 employees) NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) Nasdaq Real Time Price. Currency in USD: $118.02+15.08 (+14.65%) INTEL Corporation (INTC) Nasdaq Real Time Price. Currency in USD: $36.19... — read more
NVIDIA stock rockets up after earnings beat
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/09/nvidia-fiscal-first-quarter-earnings-beat-expectations.html I have a hard time understanding why any investor interested in high tech would hold onto INTC versus Nvidia, Facebook, Apple, or even AMD (Cramer's #1 stock... — read more
Folsom vpg jobs
It is true that Graphics Org called VPG in Folsom has lost its touch. Hear directors have little clue on that is happening. Wondering if move to Folsom is worth it. Looks like no companies around either.
intel not a easy place to Manage
I am a Sr Intel Director. I went to a Tier 1 school, been a Engineer fir 18 years. Have to say the quality of Engineers has gone down dramatically at Intel we hire Jr. College or OSU grad Tech promote them to Jr. ENGINEERS they can do monkey work but... — read more
When will free bananas disappear?
Any thoughts on when the generous free fruit will be taken away?
What is happening in Folsom site?
Folsom still wants to do graphics or move to new ventures in nsg?
The bears are right about Intel
The company is seemingly slipping behind the tech curve with the ongoing delays of its "tick tock" launch schedule, and it seems ill-prepared to fend off ambitious challengers like AMD and Qualcomm... — read more
Giving up on mobile was the tipping point
Stock is a short term indicator of the market past and imprecise vision of the future. http://www.anandtech.com/show/11337/samsung-and-tsmc-roadmaps-12-nm-8-nm-and-6-nm-added/3 TSMC and Samsung continue to ride the billions of ARMy powered cellphone... — read more
Any there any good leaders left?
Back in the day there was Fister, Gelsinger, Burns, Mooly and even Dadi who seemed to be good leaders. All gone. Is there anybody left that garners respect? I can't think of any.
Intel self-driving cars??
Saw today's press on Intel and BMW... I wonder why Intel thinks it can outdo Apple and Google and Tesla and others in self driving cars? For us to win, we have to a) have a competitive product and b) have a better product and c) convince people that... — read more
Company being taken over by MR and his henchmen division by division
BK seems more and more isolated against the Murthy bulldozer trampling everything (and everyone) in its path. Days are counted for old clown shoes.
What made Kirk Skaugen and Pat Gelsinger so good?
I've been at Intel for some years now, but didn't pay attention to the politics when Kirk and Pat were still at Intel. I've seen comments about them being really good with the idea that Pat should've been CEO and Kirk grew DCG to where it is today... — read more