I think the analyst's take in the article is just based on short-term financials. Intel is facing stiff competition from amd, nvidia, ARM but as you said they a

I think the analyst's take in the article is just based on short-term financials. Intel is facing stiff competition from amd, nvidia, ARM but as you said they are moving into a strong posture, at least tech-wise. I'd assume these bad financials are a hangover from the eternal 14nm process node.