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> But doesn't the huge project like CPU development require a lot of good workers rather than one genius? Yes. Intel has over one hundred thousand employees.
by arcanus 6y ago
> But doesn't the huge project like CPU development require a lot of good workers rather than one genius?
Yes.
Intel has over one hundred thousand employees.
AMD, which does not have fabs, has over ten thousand.
- cwizou 6y agoBut only a tiny fraction of those work on CPU development, so it's not exactly a fair comparison. It's definitely not a numbers game. However, Intel has (used to have ? I haven't followed recently but I'd be surprised it changed) two separate design teams, one in Oregon, the other in Haifa, working in a sort of "tick tock" way (each would work on one set of tick-tock when that was still a thing), so that, at least, was definitely an advantage in terms of numbers for them. Whether those were efficient thanks to Intel's management/bureaucracy or, mattered at all since the 2015 process issues, however, is a a completely different story.