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Gelsinger was pushed out as CTO after horribly failing to address AMD's competitive threats. I have no idea how he wormed his way back in, but this does not bod
by SoSoRoCoCo 6y ago
Gelsinger was pushed out as CTO after horribly failing to address AMD's competitive threats. I have no idea how he wormed his way back in, but this does not bode well for Intel's future: Gelsinger is proof of the "Peter Principle", being promoted too high.
EDIT: I was a bit harsh, toned it down.
EDIT 2: This is probably petty, but I can't ignore the fact that there was a significant hubbub at Intel regarding him using the "Dr" prefix. He scrubbed it from his bio and internal pages when it was pointed it out didn't come from an accredited university and that it was honorary. He also caught flak internally for having the pope bless a wafer for Intel's future success. It was very weird, especially given the high percentage of Muslim engineers at Intel, and its focus on neutrality.
- jhloa2 6y agoAny references on the Pope blessing a wafer? I really want to see this but can't find it
- SoSoRoCoCo 6y agoNope, I can't find it on Google. Nada. Even on Wayback. It may have been internal but I definitely remember it. It was pope Benedict.
- foobiekr 6y agoseconded. that's insane.
- eco 6y agoSilicon wafer or communion wafer?
- scandox 6y agoJesus was carbon based ... As far as we know.
- angry_octet 6y agoThe Church of the Silicon Jesus. I like it.
- me_me_me 6y agoI doubt that anyone at Intel might be offended by the blessing of a wafers if it worked xD The stock jumped quite high though. Not sure if its because really bad ceo was replaced with slightly less bad one.
- ZeroCool2u 6y agoAs an Intel shareholder, (only bought when it tanked after quarterly earnings this year), I can say this is exactly what I was waiting for. I'm not super sensitive to exactly who replaces Bob, though Pat seems like a decent choice having read about him now. I will say I was ready to unload the shares if Bob was replaced with another MBA though. Having a non-engineer lead an organization like Intel was a disastrous choice and seriously makes me question the boards judgement.
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- crististm 6y ago2012 was five years behind AMD making the comeback. If they saw that far into the future and didn't do anything else in that timeframe then maybe firing him was not for missing the strategy.
- mhh__ 6y agoDamn, didn't read about that technique in Hennessy and Patterson. Odd.
- 1024core 6y agoWell, $INTC is up bigtime today, so I'm guessing the market disagrees with you. Only time will tell.
- chrisseaton 6y agoRichard Stallman uses the title 'Doctor' with only an honorary doctorate - people seem to think it's fine for some reason.
- bjornsing 6y agoIsn’t it a bit petty to deny him that? It seems a hell of a lot harder to me to get a honorary doctorate than a normal PhD, and I can think of a lot of PhDs who deserve their doctor title a lot less than Stallman.
- chrisseaton 6y agoKanye West, Ben Affleck, Jon Bon Jovi, etc, all have honorary doctorates. Why does nobody call them Doctor? For the same reason you shouldn't call Stallman Doctor - because you don't do that for honorary doctorates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_degree#Use_of_title_associated_with_honorary_doctorates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_degree#Use_of_title_a... Almost all universities explicitly and strongly tell people they give honorary degrees to to not do this. https://www.wthrockmorton.com/2017/12/11/honorary-doctorate-prefix-dr/ https://www.wthrockmorton.com/2017/12/11/honorary-doctorate-...
- bjornsing 6y agoWell that’s just social convention, and I don’t place much emphasis on that. I reserve the right to address anyone I choose as “doctor”, and if Stallman prefers to be addressed that way I’m happy to oblige. He has certainly earned it in my book. Same goes for Benjamin Franklin btw, whom I see you left out of your list.
- chrisseaton 6y agoYou’re free to call him Saint IGNUcius if you want - many people do - and it’s a similar level of connection to reality.
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