IntelUser2000
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- Oct 14, 2003
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Gelsinger is the best candidate. But it's 50/50 now if it's enough, because Intel is a big company with 100K+ employees and turning that ship around is hard. And I don't mean turning around from "Netburst to Core 2", because the problems were likely infesting the company before that. A single good product line doesn't change it. I think the Netburst issue was pointing to bigger problems within the core of the organization.
Remember as amazing as Core 2 seemed to be, 3 years later Apple came with the Smartphones and shocked everyone. Intel should have been the vendor ready to manufacture chips for them. And I mean ready by having such little power efficient chips being sold in the market already.
Pat is the one that saved them from financial ruin with 486 when others were pushing the i960 or something. You need a lot of Gelsingers in the product manager line, and CEO Gelsinger at the top, because it's not a one man job. If it was a one man job, then the problem would have been solved.
This is different from AMD because they are much smaller. Physical distances start to matter too. I mean a company with less than 10 employees it takes 1 min to get everyone up to speed. Now try doing the same with 100 thousand. Then you need endless meetings that waste 1/3rd of the day.
Remember as amazing as Core 2 seemed to be, 3 years later Apple came with the Smartphones and shocked everyone. Intel should have been the vendor ready to manufacture chips for them. And I mean ready by having such little power efficient chips being sold in the market already.
Pat is the one that saved them from financial ruin with 486 when others were pushing the i960 or something. You need a lot of Gelsingers in the product manager line, and CEO Gelsinger at the top, because it's not a one man job. If it was a one man job, then the problem would have been solved.
This is different from AMD because they are much smaller. Physical distances start to matter too. I mean a company with less than 10 employees it takes 1 min to get everyone up to speed. Now try doing the same with 100 thousand. Then you need endless meetings that waste 1/3rd of the day.