Intel CEO Fast-Tracks Turnaround Bid with $20B Investment Plan

https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-ceo-fast-tracks-turnaround-bid-with-20-billion-investment-plan-11616533200

by kyrra • 5 years ago

18 9 5 years ago

kyrra• 5 years ago

One key part of this is buried half-way in:

Intel said under its enhanced outsourcing plan, it would ask others—including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM -1.95% and Samsung Electronics Co. —to make crucial components of its chips. The move takes advantage of a design approach Intel and others have embraced: making semiconductors in a Lego-brick-like manner. Mr. Gelsinger said the company would, in some cases, outsource the core components of its central processors, the brain of a computer.

gigatexal• 5 years ago

He seems to be pragmatic. If there’s anyone that can reinvigorate Intel it’s going to be Pat.

hinkley3• 5 years ago

Worked so well for Boeing that they called it a huge mistake and swore never to do it again.

mc322• 5 years ago

Everyone has to make their own mistakes to learn.

jryle70• 5 years ago

It works exceptionally well for Apple, doesn't it? The devil is always in the details.

Having said that, I expect Intel to keep the most advanced, most profitable processors in house.

xiphias2• 5 years ago

I suspect that ARM will be a real competitor as well for x86 in the future, that will make the turnaround even harder than what it looks like, even with great execution. (Writing from an M1 MacBook Pro)

Intel CEO Fast-Tracks Turnaround Bid with $20B Investment Plan

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