Nobody's surprised: Dr. Murthy Renduchintala, will be departing the company on August 3rd. Renduchintala joined Intel in 2015, and for most of the past half-decade has been responsible for overseeing all of TSCG’s efforts, and especially involved... — read more
Slow Fall
As an ex employee who served long at Intel, Intel has become a depreciating asset for most rank and file employees who worked hard to build the company. During the 90s, everyone wanted to work at Intel. Yes, the meteoric stock rise was boosting the... — read more
Murthy is Leaving Intel
Announced today. Murthy is leaving Intel; last day is Aug. 3
this forum is moderated and all messages are on hold until approved
just an fyi - this forum is moderated and all messages are on hold until approved... I posted yesterday, the message got published for about 5 min and they deleted it after. I am assuming they put it ina review queue. now it got published... — read more
Murthy leaving Intel
Last day Aug. 3
In the forum that Bob and Murthy will host on Tue, we should ask Murthy to be held accountable for the 7nm delay and phablet failure.
Someone should raise this in the online Q&A and everyone should up-vote it to the very top spot.
Should Murthy be fired? Is Intel better off without him?
Do you think he delivered up to the expectations? How good of a motivating leader is he?
Intel stock plunges after news of failures - Today's (7/24) Oregonian article
Intel stock plunges after news of failures Mike Rogoway The Oregonian/OregonLive Intel blindsided investors Thursday with news that it is a year behind schedule developing its next generation of manufacturing technology, the latest in a string... — read more
Layoff coming?
Based on the recent news of 7 nm issues, is there any rumors of any upcoming layoffs?
Fall of Intel
I don’t know what decisions are being made at Intel but they are bad... • Intel delaying 7nm CPU production... • Apple ditching Intel (basically outsourcing their outsourcing) • Intel leaking their roadmaps while AMD hints that they’re going to... — read more
Do these people work at Intel
I’m not one of those “Go Intel” people. However, I’ve noticed that a lot of the people on this forum seem angry that their “Good ‘ol boy” culture is being challenged. Does Intel really need these people? Intel has plenty of cultural and technical... — read more
Intel is over and you
will be in trouble with your micro-contribution... you will realize you were not a real engineer and the market will smash you head with the reality. be prepare.. you are doomed.
Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel
We’re about to enter an exciting, messy transition. Not only will Apple Silicon make better Macs, it will force Microsoft to polish its Windows on ARM act, both hardware and software. In turn, this will cause PC OEMs to reconsider their... — read more
Google offers free fabbing for 130nm open-source chips
https://fossi-foundation.org/2020/06/30/skywater-pdk
IT refactoring
IT Refactoring = LAYOFFS
Apple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this year
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21295475/apple-mac-processors-arm-silicon-chips-wwdc-2020
Phony initiatives
Do managers get “points” for leading projects that don’t actually improve yield, run-rate, or quality? Also, what’s with these questions they ask that are not relevant to the actual problem/don’t help?
BXN
Barefoot group at Intel. Major (!) problems with Tofino 2; CEO out. Cuts rumored for Q3.
Big news
Jim Keller Resigns from Intel, Effective Immediately Dr. Ian Cutress Intel has just published a news release on its website stating that Jim Keller has resigned from the company, effective immediately, due to personal reasons. Jim Keller was... — read more
JK Top Eng
And JK’s departure from INTC is yet just another example of unbearable toxic nature of management at this old dog. Good riddance INTC your a dinosaur that can no longer compete, repackage old tech and old processors is all you now know.
JK is leaving!
Just saw the news report. Perhaps his straight forward, abrasive style didn't fit well with Intel"s culture. What is the story from inside?
Jim Keller leaving Intel
Does anyone have insights why Jim Keller is leaving Intel after only two years?
Time to jump the ship!
Keller is out. More execs to follow suit. My manager just asked me to start looking outside
JK just bounced.
So much for our high profile CPU guru hire. Can't blame him for resting and vesting.
Information Security Exodus
It have begun.
Internal transfer/promotion for non technical role
Is there a % cap on internal hire pay offers? I'm currently interviewing for an internal transfer within the same group (but on another team). I'm currently a grade 6 (just promoted to a 6 in January of this year) and the role I'm applying for is... — read more
Rehire after being layed-off in 2016 for Stock-Level4
When I was layed off in 2016 because I got a stk-level 4,I was told that I can never be rehired. However,I see that some people who were in the same situation as me have been rehired. Is there a change in Intel policy of rehiring? Getting 1... — read more
ISP rehire
Hi I heard that intel is re-hiring ISP employees if the termination is greater than 2yrs, is it a true statement?
Estimate total layoff number for Intel in 2020
What's your estimate? What's your reasoning?
Be satisfied
Intel is one of the most automated fabs in the world. With all the automation improvements, why are people still essentially putting in unpaid overtime? Intel needs to be satisfied at some point. The fab needs to be focused on continuous improvement... — read more
TSMC To Build 5nm Fab In Arizona, Set To Come Online In 2024.
Link to article. https://www.anandtech.com/show/15803/tsmc-build-5nm-fab-in-arizona-for-2024 Finally, some real competition against Intel, fab management better start getting their sh– together now or tech’s will be jumping ship in a big way, I’m... — read more
Penalties
If you completed the employee survey honestly this year and your sites scores are low management feels your not worth investment due to lack of engagement. It appears management is not looking for your honest opinion.
They laid off whole GPU team in San Diego
They waited for the only project in this team (LSC) to be delivered and then laid off everybody. Sh–tiest place I ever worked with, evil. Pure evil. But I think the guys were top notch and will find something soon. Go to Hell Intel.
re-hire chances in case of involuntary separation
are there any re-hire chances back to intel USA, in case of involuntary separation? if not in USA, how abt re-hire chances in india intel after sometime?
New CIO makes good moves
Major Agile cleanup is afoot, overseeing of work roles to disappear, RTE, SGO, BRM, SSO, FLM to manage the APT moving forward. Can't happen soon enough
Employee Survey with IT
My first line manager (FLM) let me know this week that senior IT management feels that low employee experience survey results at specific site locations demonstrates a lack of engagement at those sites and thus IT leadership will look to not invest... — read more
Safety concerns at Intel
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-08/intel-accused-by-workers-of-prioritizing-chip-output-over-safety
Employee Satisfaction Survey (IT)
My first line manager told me the low site survey scores are looked upon by senior IT leaders as a indication that employees at those sites are not engaged and at risk of limited future investment in those sites. It appears that at least IT does not... — read more
Not going on-site during pandemic
No offense intel but there is no way I will return to work in person during this pandemic. Not worth the risk and No task or intel person will change that. Anyone else going in person?