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A CEO who is really a CFO is probably not what Intel needs right now. It's clear that their engineering culture is compromised, and i would hope that Intel woul

A CEO who is really a CFO is probably not what Intel needs right now. It's clear that their engineering culture is compromised, and i would hope that Intel would go back to their roots.

UncleOxidant 6y ago
Yep, it was clear when they chose Swan to be the CEO that they were prioritizing cost-cutting over innovation.
- dehrmann 6y ago
  It apparently cost them the Apple deal. At the end of the day, even a CFO-CEO isn't happy about that.
  - andrewstuart 6y ago
    CFO-CEO's don't know what to do about it though.
    - bcrosby95 6y ago
      Cut more costs.
      - mtgx 6y ago
        Do they know where from exactly? Something that costs a lot and isn't looking very profitable right now could be critical for Intel in a few years.
        lumberingjack 6y ago
        They had that problem for a long time too. See the failed mobile phone chip that wing in that one Asus phone. Everyone looked at the specs two years before release said (that will suck all the battery and be slow) when it came out it sucked all the battery and was slow leading Intel to fire 12k people canceling the program
Solstinox 6y ago
Companies that get to be as big as Intel are destined for this kind of failure.
BeetleB 6y ago
The previous poor performing CEO was a home grown engineer.
Polylactic_acid 6y ago
Take a look at the past achievements and qualifications of AMDs CEO Lisa Su. Its no wonder AMD is doing so well right now.
- travbrack 6y ago
  Not really a fair comparison since they outsource fab
  - cma 6y ago
    On their spin out of global foundries they had some obligations to keep buying from them, and they used it to do the IO die in their chiplet design.
- eklavya 6y ago
  Is this hindsight attribution of success to an otherwise not related parameter? How much do CEOs make or break a company?
- The_rationalist 6y ago
  The CEO before Lisa Su was the precursor that initiated most of the future growth, e.g Zen
  - mattferderer 6y ago
    Prior leaders are often underrated. I don't know the specifics of this case but I know a lot of coaches refuse to be the person in charge of "rebuilding" because they know they will get 80% there just in time to get fired & watch someone else get all the credit.
    - The_rationalist 6y ago
      It might apply to some extent to some countries Presidents too
romanovcode 6y ago
> A CEO who is really a CFO is probably not what Intel needs right now. Worked really well for Microsoft. /s
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A CEO who is really a CFO is probably not what Intel needs right now. It's clear that their engineering culture is compromised, and i would hope that Intel would go back to their roots.

UncleOxidant 6y ago

Yep, it was clear when they chose Swan to be the CEO that they were prioritizing cost-cutting over innovation.

dehrmann 6y ago
It apparently cost them the Apple deal. At the end of the day, even a CFO-CEO isn't happy about that.
- andrewstuart 6y ago
  CFO-CEO's don't know what to do about it though.
  - bcrosby95 6y ago
    Cut more costs.
    - mtgx 6y ago
      Do they know where from exactly? Something that costs a lot and isn't looking very profitable right now could be critical for Intel in a few years.
      - lumberingjack 6y ago
        They had that problem for a long time too. See the failed mobile phone chip that wing in that one Asus phone. Everyone looked at the specs two years before release said (that will suck all the battery and be slow) when it came out it sucked all the battery and was slow leading Intel to fire 12k people canceling the program

Solstinox 6y ago

Companies that get to be as big as Intel are destined for this kind of failure.

BeetleB 6y ago

The previous poor performing CEO was a home grown engineer.

Polylactic_acid 6y ago

Take a look at the past achievements and qualifications of AMDs CEO Lisa Su. Its no wonder AMD is doing so well right now.

travbrack 6y ago
Not really a fair comparison since they outsource fab
- cma 6y ago
  On their spin out of global foundries they had some obligations to keep buying from them, and they used it to do the IO die in their chiplet design.
eklavya 6y ago
Is this hindsight attribution of success to an otherwise not related parameter? How much do CEOs make or break a company?
The_rationalist 6y ago
The CEO before Lisa Su was the precursor that initiated most of the future growth, e.g Zen
- mattferderer 6y ago
  Prior leaders are often underrated. I don't know the specifics of this case but I know a lot of coaches refuse to be the person in charge of "rebuilding" because they know they will get 80% there just in time to get fired & watch someone else get all the credit.
  - The_rationalist 6y ago
    It might apply to some extent to some countries Presidents too

romanovcode 6y ago

> A CEO who is really a CFO is probably not what Intel needs right now. Worked really well for Microsoft. /s

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