I find it amusing, er, ironic, er, amusing -- that after this article, on the same web page, there's a link/blurb which reads: "Nvidia is worth more than Intel

I find it amusing, er, ironic, er, amusing -- that after this article, on the same web page, there's a link/blurb which reads: "Nvidia is worth more than Intel for the first time in history. Nvidia is now worth more than Intel, according to the NASDAQ. The GPU company has finally topped the CPU company's market cap (the total value of its outstanding shares) by $251bn..." Well no surprise there. On the one hand, Intel (especially early Intel employees) should be thanked, profusely, for giving us PC history as we know it today. On the other hand, we should seek to honestly recognize what Intel has become today. A mega-corporation, driven by corporate mentality, which always seeks to maximize profits for their shareholders at the expense of all other virtues. Keep in mind I am not criticizing Intel's employees -- only the marching orders that come from the top down. But, as far as I can tell, Intel, as we know it, will not be around in another 30 years. The future of semiconductors is in the following areas: 1) Simple, non-proprietary instruction sets (RISC-V and others) 2) Transparent (or as transparent as possible) and publicly auditable engineering and manufacturing processes 3) Conscientous companies that place virtue first, and are not driven by maximimizing profits for shareholders So on the one hand, Intel is to be thanked, lauded, praised for its role, especially its early role in the beginning of the PC revolution, but on the other hand, I don't see Intel existing as company more than 30 years from now... Although, at that point in time, Intel's past role will always remain important and relevant -- to future students of early computer history...