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But they have mba'd themselves to death.
by dmead 5y ago
But they have mba'd themselves to death.
- xadhominemx 5y agoNot really. Intel’s two core issues are engineering failures — process technology and processor architecture
- Symmetry 5y agoAre they having architecture issues? I guess I could criticize them for too-aggressively pursuing small microachitectural advantages leading to failures like Meltdown and making them spend more engineering-years than AMD for products that aren't that much better but, baring Meltdown, the end architectural results have been pretty good. My gripes would all be with the process, management decisions about how to respond to the process problem, or fusing off features for product segmentation reasons.
- xadhominemx 5y agoBy architecture, I’m referring to trade offs then made for single thread performance vs core count and memory channels
- dmead 5y agoI have a basis peak in my desk that says otherwise.
- xadhominemx 5y agoHas nothing to do with Intel’s problems
- dmead 5y agoit was an intel product when it was shut down because of the wrist expositions.
- xadhominemx 5y agoI know what it is, but does that have to do with Intel’s problems? Sohail and Dadi probably did not think about Basis Peak for more than 10 minutes over the entire period Intel operated the brand
- dmead 5y agoI just mention that as a way to illustrate they they were not reinvesting their capital into verification/quality and R&D or focusing on their core competency. this was during the period when intel was riding the IOT hype train and made some dumb purchases. see here for more https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-is-probably-the-worst-aquirer-in-tech-history-2010-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-is-probably-the-worst-...
- xadhominemx 5y agoI am very well aware of the history here. Again, Intels misadventures in IOT have absolutely nothing to do with their challenges today, which are rooted in a handful of poor engineering decisions