Years ago we saw the trend of mismanagement cutting IC roles when the problem really lies with management. If anyone couldn’t read the tea leaves that Intel was in trouble when we missed 10nm, then people can continue to put their heads in the sand... — read more 

When you stumble you need resources, scale, and resolve to recover. In Intels hey day they made a lot of mistakes but because of huge scale in market with little alternatives they used their near monopoly and predatory behavior and huge money and... — read more 

Cuts in response to hard times Hard times result from cuts Go to step one

How long before Intel ends up being a washed up has been like VIA? Look at what VIA does now. The possible future of Intel right there.

Why did they create an intel optane group and make Alper The general manager of the group? Strange. The success of optane is questionable but mostly the opportunity is in the data center. Alper has already been running that, with no or little success... — read more 

Has Intel ever considered not spending money on perks (e.g. water bottles, t-shirts, keychains, etc.). I don’t know how much these things help with advertising/morale and only get them because they’re there. I personally only care about free lunch... — read more 

LOL beyond sad and beyond behind, so behind that a new derogative word should be invented

In past also AMD (Athelon & 1 GHz race) , IBM (PowerPC) and DEC (Alpha processors) threatened Intel and it appeared that Intel wont recover. But we did recover and went on to newer heights with revenues and profitability. Will we be able to repeat... — read more 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16257/mediatek-subsidiary-to-acquire-intel-enpirion-business-for-85-million

It’s devastating to realize Intel can no longer be considered a business to retire with. This company doesn’t value its employees and hasn't in many years. We are no longer seen as vital assets that can contribute to the success of the company - and... — read more 

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Intel is now the General Motors of the chip making world. Logic isn't growing much anymore and they can't seem to get any traction with any other product. It only goes downhill from here. 20 years from now Hillsboro will be the next Flint, Michigan... — read more 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-tested

Reverse engineering a forgotten 1970s Intel dual core beast: 8271, a new ISA https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2020/11/reverse-engineering-forgotten-1970s.html

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/intel_sgx_protection_broken/

https://jamesallworth.medium.com/intels-disruption-is-now-complete-d4fa771f0f2c

Nov. 12th 2020; Charlie D's opinion: "Intel just significantly delayed another mainstream server project, this is getting painful to watch. SemiAccurate now thinks Intel is no longer a viable player in the server market, it is that... — read more 

Not exactly new news but the design goals smells like Apple's M1 https://www.axios.com/scoop-google-readies-its-own-chip-for-future-pixels-chromebooks-e5f8479e-4a38-485c-a264-9ef9cf68908c.html also 8 core Machine Learning Current Google... — read more 

I2 or old ITI was let go... happy holidays everyone

Thank you for your service sorry about the timing of our layoff , oh and the pandemic

Apple Silicon M1 Chip in MacBook Air Outperforms High-End 16-Inch Intel based MacBook Pro https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/11/m1-macbook-air-first-benchmark/

Here is a recent news article about the TSMC fabs and investments in AZ. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-arizona-fab-investment

Despite what people say in this site, there are groups at Intel that are strong technically and culturally. A large factor is having leadership all the way up the chain support (not just get metrics for) quality and employee wellbeing. Employees... — read more 

Laid off in IT today. Really s—s as I was working on really relevant projects on a busy and productive team. There is no safe group in IT.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apple-breaks-intel-laptops-232218869.html Apple done with Intel for good. Hallelujah!

Apple kicked off its transition away from Intel Corp. chips today by revealing the first Mac computers with a main processor designed in-house by Apple Announced a new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini with new Apple M1 processors at... — read more 

Does time-in-grade matter? If you are Gr6 and haven't had any grade level changes in more than the last five years, should you worry that might put you on the chopping block for layoffs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfumXx-Plo A look at the products Intel is releasing now ... Horrible management, leadership, culture, place to work, and resulting in falling behind and terrible products.

Intel's palpable desperation on display with Rocket Lake. Rant: How desperate are they for short term headlines? Intel’s palpable desperation on display with Rocket Lake 29, 2020 by Charlie... — read more 

What does Pay Modeling Application tell you about your position? If you are below the midpoint, should you quit or ask for a raise? If you are at the midpoint, what does that imply? How about If you are way above the midpoint?

https://www.thecompensationconnection.com/2020/08/10/san-francisco-overpaid-executive-pay-ratio-tax-on-the-ballot-for-november-2020/ It passed. "Large companies doing business in San Francisco may soon be subject to an additional tax if voters... — read more 

https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2020/11/intel-contemplates-outsourcing-advanced-production-upending-oregons-central-role.html Read between the lines and get ready, Oregon. This was inconceivable just a few short years ago, yet here we... — read more 

Time to lower that expectation some more. https://www.semiaccurate.com/2020/10/31/intel-might-be-launching-discrete-mobile-gpus/ "We see nothing that this does better than an AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile which is an 8-core device that tends to cost... — read more 

I thought that we stopped the insights discussions this year. I just got an insights meeting invitation. Just curious if this is company wide or specific to my group.

Flash employees can't move to other groups within Intel. Basically they are sitting ducks. Helps with the headcount reduction. Better start looking outside Inhel.

Congrats on the acquisition by Intel! I also got to "enjoy" being acquired by Intel some years back. Now you get to enjoy all the benefits of a 1990s tech company, including 8 ft by 8 ft beige-grey cubicles, boomer colleagues, outdated laptops and... — read more 

The concept is simple, and the idea seems correct, but is one intel really achievable? The culture of toxic competition is very strong, and has a long engrained history. Can you really change organizations and people?