many senior manager have a one single company in their resume . Has been highlighted here few times technically weak as they don't keep up with trends can't mentor 20+ years of experience doing one same thing which isn't relevant anymore... — read more
PG needs to listen to the market.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/INTC/ Build fabs accordingly to meet its needs and capabilities. Stop focusing on concretes!!! Focus on AI/silicon design It should not spin out Mobileye. All the AI efforts within Intel should be combined... — read more
Why turnaround will fail ?
smart engineers already kept intel , those who are staying and worth poaching want WLB or they have small kids either ways companies can avoid them. the young smart blood don't join intel intel makes you do one thing at a time or help you... — read more
October promises
As the window for pay restoration closes in , ELT is between a rock and hard place to maintain its dignity. The whole year results are going to be muted and staff morale has hit rock bottom. That's what you get for writing cheques with your mouth... — read more
Intel rocks best work life balance
You should be an id--t to quit intel . I was earning above 200k at intel at grade 9 in Portland. Took similar role at amd and my work hours are crazy!! I work on weekends and 70+ work hours and no WLB. I was earnings more per hour at intel than at... — read more
Folks with only intel brand name in resume
Are folks with only intel brand name in resume skilled or not skilled ??
We reject intel folks left right and center
Our team interviewed few folks from intel. senior engineers who are part of the interview panel got upset with upper management for selecting the resumes and hence wasting their time . All intel folks have big key words in resume but less content... — read more
When is last day for May layoff at intel
When is the last day for folks at intel for the recently layoff announcement in may 2023
Germany rules out Intel’s demand for subsidies for chip plant – FT
Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner refuses to meet Intel Corp’s demands for higher subsidies for its chip plant in the country, saying that there is no money in the budget, Financial Times reported on... — read more
RTO and layoff
I want to make it crystal clear. You must come to office 1 day a week if hybrid. Get your a-s out of home and come to office for f2f collaboration. Understand?
Just Saying - Apple M2 Ultra SoC Isn’t Faster Than AMD & Intel Last Year Desktop CPUs, 50% Slower Than NVIDIA RTX 4080
https://wccftech.com/apple-m2-ultra-soc-isnt-faster-than-amd-intel-last-year-desktop-cpus-50-slower-than-nvidia-rtx-4080/
An advice for current and future layoffs
Similar to you all I have been stressing out for layoffs when they announce. But too much stress caused a health issue for me and I learned staying healthy, plus taking care of yourself is more important. Always put your health top priority. To... — read more
Who's still here?
As you roll out of bed and slog through rush hour traffic to your site. Going to your shared cube because your own cube got shutdown along with the floor you used to sit at. Checking morning emails and AR's dumped on you from your counterparts in... — read more
If you were Pat, would you reform ifs?
If so, how? Or would you abandon it?
Intel selling Mobileye stock... needs cash badly.
First Intel bought the company... never mind that there was not strategic rationale for it. Then the new CEO took over so they spun it right back out... and now plan to sell the shares. Intel needs the cash badly, given the $2.8B Q1 loss and the... — read more
Silicon Mega trends Intel has missed
Smartphones GPUs AI Spatial computing Any others? Maybe we’re working on the next big thing like a charging bowl.
Never have so many people worked the bare minimum only
I'm not trying make excuses for anyone, but I somewhat understand people who have decided to do only the bare minimum necessary to keep their job. Maybe it's time for Intel to examine why there are now so many of them?
M2 Ultra, the ki-ler of Core i7 and even Xeon?
In performance per watt, M2 Ultra looks like a ki-ler. What’s Intel response???
Intel is going through an unusually bad downturn
It's more than just lagging behind in TD compared to the competitors. It's a multitude of a truck load of bad decisions made over the last decade. With the most optimistic outcome of current efforts in TD, it will take at least two years to see some... — read more
New rounds of layoff
Did anyone get affected by new rounds of layoffs? CCG was supposed to notify employee by 05/30.
Bleed blue
When Pat first took the CEO role, he mentioned that a number of former employees were “really excited” to come back to Intel. How’s that going? Is there still (in Pat’s own words) an “irrational” level of excitement. Do these people still “bleed... — read more
Any single area where Intel is leading?
Looks like in chips, AMD better. Looks like we do not have AI to compete to Nvidia Looks like in fabric, tmsc bear us badly. Looks like in GPU's we are not leading. Is there any single market that we dominate? Are we f-c*Ed? We seem to be 5 to... — read more
It's easy to complain, how about you do something about it?
I know two people who scored great remote jobs in the last three months and two more within the last six months. What they did was do their homework. Most of them researched like crazy, networked whenever they had the chance, and customized their... — read more
This makes so much sense
I'm an ex-Amazon senior leader. Here's why layoffs keep happening and why ambitious managers are fueling them. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-reason-for-layoffs-former-senior-tech-leader-2023-5
Intel can't fab anything but x86 CPUs
Qualcomm and Tesla already turned down Intel foundry. Even Intel GPUs are fabbed at TSMC, Nvidia is not going to risk their business on a sub-standard foundry.
PG: In the mud hole…
https://fortune.com/2023/05/31/intel-chip-manufacturing-rivals-nvidia-get-ahead-ceo-pat-gelsinger/ PG admitting serious trouble?
Intel desperate for cash...selling crown jewels
Thought AMD was playing crooked and giving away x86 IP to the Chinese. Never thought Intel will do the same thing. What is Intel getting in return? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-computer-maker-powerleader-says-093000022.html Looks like... — read more
honest feedback why turn around will fail
Toxic culture from what I hear Politics hurting good employees . family/friends bad hiring decisions Lower than market average compensation People pretend to work hard remotely sites are ghost town and dead No recognition ... — read more
When pay will be restored?
Any insight on when pay will be restored?
Relocation zone
I’m getting married and need to move into a new city. Currently my city is zone 2 and the city I have to move is zone 1 (I verified with a friend working there at intel small office) if there was an immediate offer, I would have accepted. If I ask... — read more
Will PG be the Lisa Su of Intel??
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2023/05/31/lisa-su-saved-amd-now-she-wants-nvidias-ai-crown/?sh=15ef90241ec9 2 years in the reign. Will PG rescue the sinking ship? Titanic 2.0 or Phoenix 2.0? What will be the outcome of IDM 2.0??
Well these guys aren't buying INTC for sure
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/conservative-etf-sells-target-stock-woke-agenda
There is not a chance in h-e-l-l Jensen will go to Intel for foundry
He is just trying to get better pricing and capacity from TSMC and Samsung
Can Intel Compete With Taiwan Semi? Nvidia CEO Says Test Chips ‘Look Good.’
https://www.barrons.com/articles/intel-tsmc-nvidia-573267ea
Intel-built Nvidia GPUs could be on the horizon.
Maybe there's still hope? https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ceo-intel-test-chip-results-for-next-gen-process-look-good18
Why can’t our GPU compete with Nvidia or AMD?
Is it harder to design GPU than CPU? I don’t know. But if we can design first class CPU, what is preventing us from designing first class GPU? Talent? Management? Lack of corporate support? At least we should know where the problem is, right?