I guess the tu-d polishing isn't done yet. Already a year late, DG2 was supposed to ship last year, and who's going to buy this with a broken Windows driver that can't play games.
https://wccftech.com/intel-delays-arc-a-series-gpu-equipped-laptops-till-end-of-q2-despite-launching-them-in-q1-2022/
Larrabee was designed on the wrong process node... whoever did the PPA for that should have been fired and since PG was overseeing Larrabee, he should bear ultimate responsibility
Pat oversaw the larabee debacle which seemed to be mostly driver related. I'm surprised he isn't all over a smooth Arc launch to make up for it, but I guess all that jet setting to Europe and India is probably taking up most of his time.
This clearly points to Intel's bloated management structure. Problems which the ICs are clearly aware of get filtered and polished at each management level they pass through. This is especially problematic at a company like Intel where each manager only has a few reports and devotes most of their time to promoting and protecting themselves.
And we think the CHIPs act is going to used in a worthwhile manner, FUBAR is the only word for the BoD and executives at this sad past icon