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>"the meltdown/spectre "working as intended" joke" I was really surprised by this. Why would you treat your customers as if they are idiots like this and make
by nonbel 8y ago
>"the meltdown/spectre "working as intended" joke"
I was really surprised by this. Why would you treat your customers as if they are idiots like this and make them lose trust in you? Its not like the main people making purchasing decisions are "the public" either, they should be much more informed than the typical person buying a laptop:
>"Intel now has eight major customers that are responsible for 75% of its revenues. In 2016, Intel's three largest customers were responsible for 31% of the firm's accounts receivable. Intel might obey Moore’s Law, but the Pareto Principle (a.k.a the 80/20 rule) is a different story."
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/100214/inside-intel-look-mega-chipmaker.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/100214/inside-...
- seeekr 8y agoWasn't their public reaction as it was due to liability concerns? i.e. if they admitted that something was wrong with their chips, they may have gotten into significant legal / financial trouble?
- nonbel 8y agoI didn't think of that, interesting point. Stuck between a rock and a hard place...